in Sanskrit. Although it has sexual connotations, but the word in a more broad fashion means desire, wish, passion, longing, pleasure of the senses, the aesthetic enjoyment of life, love(with and without sexual references). Kama is one of the four goals of human life according to Hindu traditions (Kama).
See, p. 36 (Vanita & Kidwai 2008).
Both, Sumedha and Somavan were sons of two learned Brahmin friends who were initiated into Vedic learning. They were of same age; they had equal status and learning