kumari

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

Etymology[edit]

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

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kumari (plural kumaris)

  1. (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.

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