1. a child; a boy, a youth; a son; (pi) boys; children.
2. a prince; esp. the heir apparent.

…young male child (+ kumāri˚) DN.i.9.

Vedic kumāra

…Thag.26 The Abhayarājakumāra Sutta MN.i.392ff. contains the dilemma episode. It also mentions that at the time the prince had a little son…

…half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, but was later…

…his erstwhile colleague, to Kumāra-kassapa, while he was in Andhavana.

The Pārājika Vin.iii.28ff. contains stories of monks who committed…

…eye fell on the park of Jetakumāra. He bought the park at great expense and erected therein the famous Jetavanārāma. As a result of this and of…

…Mahā Kaccāna

• Nanda Kumāraputta
• Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa
• Dhammapāla
• Abhayarājakumāra
• Isidatta and Isidāsī

Mahā Kaccāna seems…

…there. Vin.v.145

Bodhirājakumāra, son of Udena of Kosambi, lived there, apparently as his father’s viceroy, in which case the Bhaggā were…

…recorded in the Bodhirājakumāra Sutta.

Bodhi was the son of Udena, king of Kosambi, and his mother was the daughter of Candappajjota. Bodhi…

…DN.iii.195 Abhayarājakumāra, SN.v.126 Upaka Maṇḍikāputta, AN.ii.181 Dhammika,, AN.iii.368 and Vassakāra. AN.iv.18 DN.ii.72

Several…

…four months, Brahmā Sanaṅkumāra appeared before him and gave him a boon. Jotipāla asked to be taught the way to reach the Brahma-world, and,…

…Kassapa, Uruvelā Kassapa, Kumāra°, Gayā°, Dasabala°, Nadī°, Nārada°, Pūraṇa°, Mahā° and Lomasa°.

Kassapa was evidently a…

The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was…

…discourse. AN.i.24 Once when Kumāra Kassapa was meditating in Andhavana a deva appeared before him, and asked him fifteen questions which only the…

…Licchavis Abhaya and Panditakumāra;. AN.i.220 Anuruddha, who lived there in a forest hut; SN.iii.116 SN.iv.380 Nāgita, the Buddha’s former…

…Sāḷha, Abhaya, Panditakumāra, Nandaka, Mahāli and Ugga. Several Licchavis, both men and women, joined the Order—e.g., the famous…

…and Abhayarājakumāra. MN.i.392ff. Nāṭaputta tries, without success, to dissuade Sīha, general of the Licchavis, from visiting…

A chieftain of Setavyā, who lived on a royal domain gifted by Pasenadi. He held the view that there was no world other than this, no fruit of actions and no rebirth. But after a discussion with Kūmara …

…verse was spoken. Sanaṅkumāra was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

In the Janavasabha Sutta, Janavasabha…

A young brahmin, friend of Bodhirājakumāra. He was sent to invite the Buddha to Bodhi’s palace, Kokanada. Vin.ii.127f. MN.ii.91

…the Siṃsapāvana, where Kumāra Kassapa lived, and where he preached the Pāyāsi Sutta to the brahmin Pāyāsi, who held a royal fief there….

…the north of Setavyā, where Kumāra Kassapa once stayed. It was the scene of the preaching of the Pāyāsi Sutta. DN.ii.316

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…to give the kingdom to Jantukumāra, his son by another queen. These nine children went towards Himavā, and, having founded Kapilavatthu (q.v. for…

…Rājañña was converted by Kumāra Kassapa, he instituted almsgiving to all and sundry, but the gifts he gave consisted of such things as gruel…

A shipwright, who, with three hundred others, was sent by Mahosadha to the Upper Ganges to secure timber wherewith to build three hundred ships in preparation for Mahosadha’s visit to the capital of P …

little boy; a boy, a youth.

the pleasures of a (young) prince; a child’s pastimes

vehicle drawn by boys

…Snp-a.56) and Sanaṅkumāra (DN.ii.226; DN.iii.97). The duration of his life is given as being 1 kalpa (see Kv.207, Kv.208)
■ nom….

…Snp-a.56) and Sanaṅkumāra (DN.ii.226; DN.iii.97). The duration of his life is given as being 1 kalpa (see Kv.207, Kv.208)
■ nom….

…SN.i.94 sq., SN.i.99 (˚kumāra), SN.i.117, SN.i.125 , SN.i.160 sq.; SN.ii.77 , SN.ii.259 ; SN.iv.157 ; SN.v.194 ; AN.i.66, AN.i.110, AN.i.163…

…of Indra Ja.v.158

• -kumāra son of a god (cp. ˚putta) Ja.iii.391;
• -gaṇa a troop of gods…

…Vin.i.71; Ja.i.116; cp. Sdhp.351.

fr. kumāra

…m. a young boy, a youngster, kumārakā vā kumāriyo boys and girls SN.iii.190. 2. nt. ˚ṃ a childish thing AN.iii.114

■ f. -ikā a young…

play, sport, amusement; always-˚, like kumāra˚ DN.ii.196; uyyāna˚ (sport in the garden Ja.iii.275; Ja.iv.23, Ja.iv.390; udaka˚ Thag-a.186.

…occurs at Snp.456, Snp.589, & Pv.i.8#7 (= men Thig.112; kumāra Pv-a.41).

cp. Sk. māṇava

…of the infant Ja.ii.20; kumāra˚; looking after the prince Ja.i.148, Ja.ii.48; Dhp-a.i.346; dup˚; hard to protect Ja.i.437; Vism.95…

…king“ Dhp-a.iii.56.

• -kumāra a (royal prince (cp. khattiya-kumāra) Vin.i.269; Ja.iii.122 Vb-a.196 (in comparison). *…

“royalty”; a high courtier, a khattiya (= rājabhogga, cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung 100) DN.i.103 (Pasenadi rājā… uggehi vā rājaniyehi vā kañcid eva mantanaṃ manteyya) DN-a.i.273 (= anabhisittā kumā …

…king“ Dhp-a.iii.56.

• -kumāra a (royal prince (cp. khattiya-kumāra) Vin.i.269; Ja.iii.122 Vb-a.196 (in comparison). *…

adjective of the same age; a playmate Ja.v.360, Ja.v.366.

sa² + kumāra

…well expounded Snp.1057. -kumāra delicate, lovely Mhvs.59, Mhvs.29; see sukhumāla. -kumālatta…

…Mil.68, & sukhumālī Ja.vi.514.

cp. Sk. su-kumāra

…SN.v.73; AN.ii.26; kumāraka˚; child-talk or childish talk i.e. in the manner of talking to a child SN.ii.218 sq. cori˚; deceitful…