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In Nepal, a Kumari is a prepubescent girl selected from the Shakya clan of the Nepali Newari Buddhist community. The Kumari is also revered and worshipped by some of the country's Hindus . While there are several Kumaris throughout Nepal, with some cities having several, the best known is the Royal Kumari of Kathmandu , and she lives in the ...
Samita Bajracharya is a Nepalese former Kumari of Patan, a living goddess worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists all over South Asia.They believe her to be a reincarnation of Durga, the Hindu goddess, and she is one of several holders of the title of Kumari.
She was born in Nepal, chosen as living goddess in April 2000, and enthroned when she was five years-old. [1] In late-May 2001, she cried for four days in what was interpreted as a bad omen.
Rashmila Shakya (born 1980) is a Nepalese writer, software engineer, and Programme Director for Child Workers in Nepal. She authored the autobiography From Goddess to Mortal: the True Life Story of a Former Royal Kumari , which documents her time as Royal Kumari of Kathmandu .
Serious illness or a major loss of blood from an injury also causes her to revert to common status. The current Kumari, Trishna Shakya, age three at the time of appointment, was installed in September 2017 succeeding Matina Shakya who was the first Kumari of Kathmandu after the end of the monarchy. [68]
Shakya (Pāḷi: Sakya; Sanskrit: शाक्य, romanized: Śākya) was an ancient clan of the northeastern region of South Asia, whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Shakyas were organised into a gaṇasaṅgha (an aristocratic oligarchic republic ), also known as the Shakya Republic . [ 2 ]
Shakya [1] [2] is an Indian surname and is part of the broader Kushwaha community surnames like Maurya, Kachhi, Saini, Koeri [3] etc, who collectively assert descent from Kusha, a son of the avatar of Vishnu, Rama.
Unlike Vajracharyas, Shakya men may not be priests for others, but together with Vajracharya men they are the members of the traditional Newar Buddhist monasteries, known honorifically as vihara and colloquially as Baha or Bahi. In so far as Shakya and Vajracharya men filled their roles in the monastery, they were monks.