kumari

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

Meaning

Noun

A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.

Origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमारी ("princess; young girl").

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