kumari

See also: Kumari

English

Sajani Shakya, a former Kumari of Bhaktapur, Nepal, in June 2007.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “princess; young girl”).

Noun

kumari (plural kumaris)

  1. (Hinduism, chiefly Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.
    • 2011, Mark Magnier, Living goddess' fall back to earth (in Los Angeles Times, 14 February, page 1)
      Shakya […] reached puberty and 'retired' as a royal kumari, as the young Nepalese goddesses are known.

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