Kama's alias was Māra, the demon king incarnate of affliction. The two were regarded as different facets of the same existence.
Thus, some considered Kama and Māra to be two sides of the same entity.
The etymology of Māra was believed to mean "slayer."
It was also translated as "demon," "heavenly demon," "demon king," and so on.
In Buddhism, he was the "Sixth Heaven Demon King" who dwelled in the Sixth Heaven of Desire—the Heaven of Freely Enjoying Others' Emanations. He was also known as Pāpīyas, or Mara Pāpīyas.
According to the Samyukta Agama Sutra, among the gods of the Desire Realm, Mara Pāpīyas possessed the greatest divine power and was the awakened one's greatest enemy.
His strength could be glimpsed from this alone.
Legend had it that when the awakened one attained enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree, Māra obstructed him in every possible way.
He sent three beautiful maidens,
threw flaming discs, hurled down rocks and weapons,
and sent monsters to attack, along with torrential rain and fierce winds...
Yet the awakened one turned the incoming discs and weapons into flowers, and his enlightenment was not halted.
Why had Pāpīyas done this? Because Buddhist teachings eradicated love and desire, allowing people to escape the demonic realm of desire, which filled Pāpīyas with sorrow and vexation.
Just as Kama had obstructed Shiva, the Māra who later obstructed Shakyamuni seemed to have evolved from this.
Thus, Kama was also defined as an existence that "hindered practitioners."
Perhaps Kama/Māra could be said to be a god/demon simultaneously embodying both the good and evil sides of the concept of "love."
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