Lexicographical Neighbors of Kumaris
Literary usage of Kumaris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nepal by Susanne von der Heide (2000)
"chosen, the girls continue to he kumaris until puberty. They do not all lead as
isolated a life as the Royal kumaris in Kath- mandu. who must he carried ..."
2. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Other groups found in the country include: Brahma kumaris, Divine Light Mission,
Divine Light Center, Eckankar, Hare Krishna, ..."
3. Indian Caste by John Wilson (1877)
"... of the kumaris, or Virgins, is found at the southernmost promontory of India,
still named from them Gape Comorin. The hermitages of the teachers of the ..."
4. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1876)
"In the Hungarian and Byzantine annals, the same people bear the name of kumaris.*9"1
Their country was known also to Marco Polo under the name of ..."
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