Plants originally named Kamala in Asian Indian languages

• Nelumbo nucifera
  Nelumbo nucifera
  Nelumbo nucifera, known by a number of names including Indian Lotus, Sacred Lotus, Bean of India, or simply Lotus, is a plant in the monogeneric family Nelumbonaceae...
  
  , lotus, a pond plant with leaves and flowers at the water's surface, called Kamala, Kamal, and related names. This is the principal botanical source of human and other entity namings as Kamala.
• Mallotus philippensis
  Mallotus philippensis
  Mallotus philippensis is a plant in the spurge family. It is known as the Kamala or Red Kamala, due to the fruit covering, which produces a red dye. However, it must be distinguished from Kamala meaning 'lotus' in many Indian languages, an unrelated plant, flower, and sometimes metonymic spiritual...
  
  , called Kamala or Red Kamala, a plant in the spurge family, widespread through Asia and Australia, unrelated to Nelumbo nucifera, lotus. Human and other entities are rarely named for this plant.

Places and geographic features named Kamala

• The Kamala River
  Kamala River
  The Kamala River flows through Nepal and the Indian state of Bihar.-Course:The Kamala originates from Mahabharat Range near Sindhuliagarhi in Sindhuli District of Nepal at an elevation of .It flows in a southerly direction and after passing through a gorge above Chauphat it flows into the terai...
  
   flows through Nepal
  Nepal
  Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
  
   and the state of Bihar
  Bihar
  Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
  
  , India

Deities called Kamala as a praise-name

• Kamalatmika
  Kamalatmika
  In Hinduism, Kamalatmika or Kamala is the Devi in the fullness of her graceful aspect. She is believed as the tenth Mahavidya .-Iconography:...
  
   or Kamla, a common epithet of Hindu goddess Lakshmi
  Lakshmi
  Lakshmi or Lakumi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity , light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments...
  
  , sometimes simplistically ideogrammed as "goddess of wealth."
• Most Hindu deities are routinely praised in liturgical texts, prayers and chants for being kamal or kamala, lotus, or having lotus attributes such as beauty, purity, cleanliness. These deities include Shiva
  Shiva
  Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
  
  , Brahma
  Brahma
  Brahma is the Hindu god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. According to the Brahma Purana, he is the father of Mānu, and from Mānu all human beings are descended. In the Ramayana and the...
  
  , Shakti
  Shakti
  Shakti from Sanskrit shak - "to be able," meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism. Shakti is the concept, or personification, of divine feminine creative power, sometimes...
  
  , Vishnu
  Vishnu
  Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....
  
  , Kali
  Kali
  ' , also known as ' , is the Hindu goddess associated with power, shakti. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" . Hence, Kāli is...
  
  , and all their avatara.
• 'Lotus-feet' is a title of guru
  Guru
  A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...
  
  s of either sex. One salutes them by holding their feet in your hands and kissing their toes or upper surfaces of the main body of the foot.
• These praise-names are the source of many namings of humans as Kamal or Kamala, reinforcing the choice of the name bestowed upon children or other name recipients by virtue of the meaning of lotus.

People and groups whose names include Kamala as forename or sole name

• Amala and Kamala
  Amala and Kamala
  Amala and Kamala were two "feral girls" from India who were alleged to have been raised by a wolf family....
  
  , Indian feral children who were purportedly raised by wolves
• Kamala (band)
  Kamala (band)
  Kamala is a Brazilian thrash metal band formed in 2003 in Campinas, São Paulo. The band comprises at this time Raphael Olmos on vocals and guitar, Adriano Martins on bass, Andreas Dehn on guitar and Nicolas Andrade on drums...
  
  , Brazilian thrash metal musical band
• Kamala (wrestler) or Jim Harris, American professional wrestler
• Kamala Harris
  Kamala Harris
  Kamala Devi Harris is an American attorney. She is the 32nd and current Attorney General of California following the 2010 California state elections. Harris has worked as an author and a politician and has served as District Attorney of San Francisco since 2004...
  
  , American prosecutor and current district attorney of San Francisco, California
• Kamala Nehru
  Kamala Nehru
  Kamala Kaul Nehru was the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru - leader of the Indian National Congress and first Prime Minister of India. Kamala married Nehru on 7 February 1916.-Contribution to the Indian Freedom Movement:...
  
  , wife of Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Kamla Persad-Bissessar
  Kamla Persad-Bissessar
  Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the seventh person to hold this position...
  
  , Indo-Trinidadian, first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
• Kamala Surayya, formerly known as Kamala Das, Indian short story writer and autobiographer in English and Malayalam languages, particularly concerning sexual desires of women
• Kumari Kamala
  Kumari Kamala
  Kumari Kamala is an Indian dancer and actress. Initially featured as a child dancer, Kamala appeared in almost 100 Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films throughout her career...
  
  , Indian classical dancer

People and groups with the surname Kamala and related variants

• Diodorus Buberwa Kamala
  Diodorus Buberwa Kamala
  Diodorus Buberwa Kamala is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania. On February 12, 2008, he was appointed as Minister for East African Cooperation, having previously served as Deputy Minister in the same ministry.-References:* website...
  
  , Tanzanian politician

Fictional characters named Kamala

• Kamala, a character in Siddhartha
  Siddhartha (novel)
  Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian man named Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha.The book, Hesse's ninth novel , was written in German, in a simple, powerful, and lyrical style. It was published in the U.S. in 1951 and became influential...
  
  , the novel by Hermann Hesse
  Hermann Hesse
  Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature...
  
  
• Kamala, a character in "The Perfect Mate", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation