HINDU

Kāma
In kāma is pleasurable, sexual love, personified by the god Kama. For many Hindu schools it is the third end in life (artha ).

Prema
In contrast to kāma, prema or prem refers to elevated love.

Karuṇā
Karuṇā is compassion and mercy which reduces the suffering of others.

Bhakti
Bhakti is a Sanskrit term from Hinduism meaning loving devotion to the supreme God. A person who practices bhakti is called bhakta.

Hindu writers, theologians and philosophers have distinguished nine forms of devotion that they call bhakti e.g. in the Bhagavatha-Purana and according to Tulsidas. The booklet Narada bhakti sutra written by an unknown author distinguishes eleven forms. Not all Hindu sects consider bhakti important.