kumari
Appearance
See also: Kumari
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “princess; young girl”).
Noun
[edit]kumari (plural kumaris)
- (Hinduism, chiefly Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.
- 2011 February 14, Mark Magnier, “Living goddess' fall back to earth”, in Los Angeles Times, page 1:
- Shakya […] reached puberty and 'retired' as a royal kumari, as the young Nepalese goddesses are known.
Translations
[edit]living goddess