kā́mam ind. (acc. of kā́ma, g. svarādi, not in [Kāś.]) according to wish or desire, according to inclination, agreeably to desire, at will, freely, willingly, [RV.]; [TS.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
with pleasure, readily, gladly, [MBh. iii, 298]; [Ragh.]
(as a particle of assent) well, very well, granted, admitted that, indeed, really, surely, [MBh. iii, 17195]; [R. v, 24, 4]; [Śak.]; [Bhartṛ.]
well and good, in any case, at any rate, [MBh. iii, 310, 19]; [R. iv, 9, 105]; [v, 53, 11]; [Śak.]; [Dhūrtas.]
(with na, ‘in no case’, [R. iii, 56, 17])
granted that, in spite of that, notwithstanding, [R. iv, 16, 50]; [Pañcat.] &c.
though, although, supposing that (usually with Impv.), [R. vi, 95, 49] and [56]; [Ragh. ii, 43]; [Śāntiś.] (kāmaṃ-na or na tu or na ca, rather than, e.g. kāmam ā maraṇāt tiṣṭhed gṛhe kanyā — na enām prayacchet tu guṇa-hīnāya, ‘rather should a girl stay at home till her death, than that he should give her to one void of excellent qualities’, [Mn. ix, 89]; the negative sentence with na or natu or na ca may also precede, or its place may be taken by an interrogative sentence, e.g. kāmaṃ nayatu māṃ devaḥ kim ardhenātmano hi me, ‘rather let the god take me, what is the use to me of half my existence?’, [BhP. vii, 2, 54] ; kāmaṃ — tu or kiṃ tu or ca or punar or athāpi or tathāpi, well, indeed, surely, truly, granted, though — however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, e.g. kāmaṃ tvayā parityaktā gamiṣyāmi — imaṃ tu bālaṃ saṃtyaktuṃ, nārhasi, ‘granted that forsaken by thee I shall go — this child however thou must not forsake’, [MBh. i, 3059]; or the disjunctive particles may be left out, [R.]; [Ragh. ii, 43]; [Śāntiś.]; yady-api-kāmaṃ tathāpi, though — nevertheless, [Prab.])