kumāra कुमार kumārá as, m. (fr. 1. ku + māra, √ mṛ ? ‘easily dying’; fr. √ 2. kam, [Uṇ. iii, 138]) a child, boy, youth son, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. a prince, heir-apparent associated in the kingdom with the reigning monarch (especially in theatrical language), [Ragh.]; [Mālav.] &c. a groom, [L.] N. of Skanda (or Kārttikeya q.v.; represented as a beautiful youth; also as the author of certain grammatical Sūtras, cf. kalāpa; also as causing certain diseases, [Suśr.]), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. N. of a son of Agni (who is the author of some Vedic hymns), [RAnukr.] one of the nine names of Agni, [ŚBr. vi] N. of a Prajāpati, [VāyuP.] of Mañju-śrī, [Buddh.] of a river, [VP.] of the Sindhu river, [L.] of the author of a Dharmaśāstra of the attendant of the twelfth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [Jain.] a parrot, [L.] the tree Capparis trifoliata (cf. kumāraka) (ās), m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. ii, 1075] and [1870] (cf. kumālaka) kumārá (am), n. N. of a Varṣa governed by Kumāra (the son of Bhavya), [VP.] pure gold, [L.] kumāraka कुमारक kumāraká as, m. a little boy, boy, youth, [RV. viii, 30, 1]; [69, 15]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c. (also ifc., e.g. ṛṣi-k°, a young Ṛṣi, [Śak.]; nāga-k°, a young Nāga, [Kathās.]) the pupil of the eye, [ŚBr. iii] N. of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 2154] the plant Capparis trifoliata, [L.] kumārasū कुमारसू kumāra—sū m. ‘the father of the god of war’, N. of Agni, [MBh. ii, 1148] kumāra—sū f. (ūs) ‘the mother of the god of war’, N. of the river Gaṅgā, [L.] of Durgā, [L.] kumāraya कुमारय Nom. P. °yati, to play (as a child), [Dhātup. xxxv, 25.] kumārayu कुमारयु m. a prince Comm. on [Uṇ.] kumāratva कुमारत्व kumāra—tva n. boyhood, youth, [Ragh. xvii, 30.] kumāravat कुमारवत् kumāra—vat (°rá.), m. N. of a man, [MaitrS.] kumāradhārā कुमारधारा kumāra—dhārā f. N. of a river, [MBh. iii, 8127]; [Kathās.] kumāradāsī कुमारदासी kumāra—dāsī f. a slave while still a girl g. śramaṇādi. kumāradāsa कुमारदास kumāra—dāsa m. N. of a poet kumāradevī कुमारदेवी kumāra—devī f. N. of the mother of Samudra-gupta. kumārajīva कुमारजीव kumāra—jīva m. the plant Putraṃ-jīva Roxburghii, [Car.] kumārapāla कुमारपाल kumāra—pāla m. N. of a king (= śāli-vāhana, [W.]) N. of a king of Guzerat, [W.] kumārapaṭu कुमारपटु kumāra—paṭu mfn. id., [ib.] kumārarāja कुमारराज kumāra—rāja m. N. of Harṣa-vardhana, [Buddh.] kumārasena कुमारसेन kumāra—sena m. N. of a minister, [Rājat. iii, 382.] kumāravana कुमारवन kumāra—vana n. Kumāra's (i.e. Kārttikeya's) grove. kumārabhaṭṭa कुमारभट्ट kumāra—bhaṭṭa m. N. of a poet. kumārabhṛtyā कुमारभृत्या kumāra—bhṛtyā f. care of a young child or of a pregnant or lying-in woman, midwifery, [Ragh. iii, 12.] kumāraghātin कुमारघातिन् kumāra—ghātin m. the slayer of a boy or child, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 51.] kumāraśiras कुमारशिरस् kumāra—śiras m. N. of the physician Bharadvāja, [Car.] kumāradatta कुमारदत्त kumāra—datta m. ‘given by the god of war’, N. of a son of Nidhipati, [Kathās.] kumāradeṣṇa कुमारदेष्ण kumārá—deṣṇa (rá°), mfn. granting perishable gifts [‘granting children’, [Sāy.]], [RV. x, 34, 7.] (rather ‘whose gifts are like those of children’, i.e. ‘who gives and takes back’) kumāragupta कुमारगुप्त kumāra—gupta m. ‘protected by the god of war’, N. of several princes, [Daś.]; [Hcar.] &c. kumārasiṃha कुमारसिंह kumāra—siṃha m. N. of an astronomer. kumāravāhin कुमारवाहिन् kumāra—vāhin m. ‘carrying Skanda’, a peacock (as being Skanda's usual vehicle), [L.] kumāravrata कुमारव्रत kumāra—vrata n. a vow of eternal chastity, [Vikr.] kumāracapala कुमारचपल kumāra—capala mfn. giddy while still a boy g. śramaṇādi. kumārahārita कुमारहारित kumāra—hāritá m. N. of a teacher, [ŚBr. xiv.] kumārakuśala कुमारकुशल kumāra—kuśala mfn. skilful while still a boy, [ib.] kumārakulaṭā कुमारकुलटा kumāra—kulaṭā f. unchaste while still a girl g. śramaṇādi. kumāralalitā कुमारललिता kumāra—lalitā f. ‘boy's play’, N. of a metre (consisting of four lines of eight syllables each). kumāranipuṇa कुमारनिपुण kumāra—nipuṇa mfn. = -kuśala, g. śramaṇādi. kumārasvāmin कुमारस्वामिन् kumāra—svāmin m. N. of the author of a Comm. on the Mīmāṃsā-bhāṣya. kumāratāpasī कुमारतापसी kumāra—tāpasī f. an ascetic while still a girl, g. śramaṇādi. kumāraśramaṇā कुमारश्रमणा kumāra—śramaṇā f. = -tāpasī, g. śramaṇādi. kumārabandhakī कुमारबन्धकी kumāra—bandhakī f. = -kulaṭā, [ib.] kumāradarśana कुमारदर्शन kumāra—darśana m. N. of a prince of the Gandharvas, [Kāraṇḍ.] kumāragarbhiṇī कुमारगर्भिणी kumāra—garbhiṇī f. pregnant while still a girl, [ib.] kumārapaṇḍita कुमारपण्डित kumāra—paṇḍita m. a scholar while still a boy, [ib.] kumārasambhava कुमारसम्भव kumāra—sambhava m. the birth of Skanda or Kārttikeya, [R. i, 38, 31] N. of a poem by Kālidāsa. kumārapitṛmeṣa कुमारपितृमेष kumāra—pitṛ-meṣa m. a partic. demon hostile to children, [Suśr.] kumāravāridhārā कुमारवारिधारा kumāra—vāri-dhārā f. = -dhārā, [Kathās.] kumārapravrajitā कुमारप्रव्रजिता kumāra—pravrajitā f. religious while still a girl g. śramaṇādi. kumārabrahmacārin कुमारब्रह्मचारिन् kumāra—brahmacārin mfn. chaste from infancy, [Mn. v, 159]