Nom. P. °yati, to have a desire for (only ifc., e.g. putra-kāmyati, to have a desire for children), [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 9] Comm. on [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 38] and [39]; [Vop. xxi, 1]; [Śāntiś.]; [Bhaṭṭ. ix, 59.]
kā́mya mf(A)n. desirable, beautiful, amiable, lovely, agreeable, [RV.]; [VS.]; [R. ii, 25, 9]; [v, 43, 13]; [Ragh. vi, 30]; [Śāntiś. ii, 7]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 40]
to one's liking, agreeable to one's wish, [KātyŚr. iv, 5, 1]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. iii, 11, 5]; [ĀśvGṛ. iv, 7]
optional (opposed to nitya or indispensable observance), performed through the desire of some object or personal advantage (as a religious ceremony &c.), done from desire of benefit or from interested motives, [KātyŚr. xii, 6, 15]; [ĀśvŚr. ii, 10]; [ĀśvGṛ. iii, 6]; [Kauś. 5]; [ChUp. v, 2, 9]; [Mn. ii, 2]; [MBh.] &c.