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Definition of Kumari
1. in India, the title of Miss [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kumari
Literary usage of Kumari
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peruvian Bark: A Popular Account of the Introduction of Chinchona by Clements Robert Markham (1880)
"kumari. gather from 20 to 30 mans * annually, worth from 600 to 1000 Rs.t This
method of cardamom cultivation must be Considered injurious to the ..."
2. The Forests and Gardens of South India by Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn (1861)
"CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING kumari CULTIVATION* Extract Letter to Government.
Tth December 1858. IN EMC, 28th Feb. 1857, No. 217, RD, I was directed to write a ..."
3. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"Con- CHAP. i. test for the Hand of Krishna kumari, Princess of 1805. yor British
Interference—refused.—Policy of Holkar and- Sindhia. ..."
4. Travels in Peru and India: While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona by Clements Robert Markham (1862)
"... Cardamom cultivation — kumari — Poon, blackwood, and teak—Popper cultivation
in Malabar ... kumari ..."
5. The Hindu Law of Endowments by Prannath Saraswati (1897)
"... kumari), 12. EFFECTS OF ENDOWMENT : Limited powers of ... Behari Chowdhury,
14; Prasanna kumari ..."
6. Rhymes of Rajputana by George Herbert Trevor (1894)
"KRISHNA kumari AD 1805 O BEAUTIFUL as moonlight Were her virtues and her grace,
And her fame was like the sunlight, For the whole world praised her face As ..."
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