Kumar

Kumar (Sanskrit: कुमार; meaning child (of Skanda, the Hindu God of War) is a title, a given name or a family name. Kumar/kunwar is generally name given to the rajput sons & kumari/kunwarani are the name given to the rajput daughters.Rajput sons & daughters use KUMAR/KUMARI as their mid-name. Variants include: Kunwar, Kumara, Kumari, Kumaru and Kumaran. Kumar mean Prince, and Kumari means Princess, and can be put in heir apparent and enters in Rajput/Princley State titles. The following are examples from India.

Andhra Pradesh

In Andhra Pradesh, Kumar means son and Kumari means daughter.

Bihar

In Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of North India, the name means prince and is commonly used as a middle name given to male children. Often one will use it as a suffix to refer to any child, sometimes as a term of affection. For example, a child named Jagdish Tiwari maybe called Jagdish Kumar by relatives or friends, even though Kumar may or may not be in his name.

West Bengal

In Bengali "kumar" refers to young unmarried/ single male. It has a sanskrit origin "kuma'r". Kumar is a very common name in India, mostly used as a prefix in South India and suffix in North India (Punjab side). It is also used as a common prefix like Mr., Mrs. & master. Kumar literally means master in Sanskrit originated languages.

Cooch

The sons of the ruling Maharaja: Maharaj Kumar Shri (personal name) Narayan. (Narayan being the name of the dynasty) The grandsons of the ruling prince, in the male line: Raj Kumar Shri (personal name) Narayan.

Jammu and Kashmir

The Heir Apparent of the ruling Maharaja: Maharaj Kumar Shri Yuvaraj (personal name) The younger sons of the ruling prince: Maharaj Kumar Shri Mannan (personal name).

Rajasthan

kumar is mostly used by the rajputs .Kumar is the name of a clan (all titled) Chetris who claim descent from the Suryavanshis & Rānās of Mewar ancestral predecessors of the Maharānās of Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Savantwadi

The Heir Apparent of the Sir Desai (ruler) of Savantwadi was styled Rajanathan Kumar, Shrimant (personal name). kumar is krishna kumar...or krishna's father...kumaravel

Travancore

The Heir apparent (surviving brother or nephew, under the Marumakkathayam law of matrilineal inheritance, according to male primogeniture) of the ruling Maharaja of Travancore was styled: Maharaj Kumar (personal name) Varma, Ilaya Raja of Travancore; the sons of the ruler: Sri (personal name) Tampi.

Nepal

Kumari- is a living Goddess in Nepal. Nepal is the only country in the world that still pratices the tradition of having a living goddess. Tourist from all over the world travel to Nepal just to get a glimpse of her. Although there are several Kumari's in Nepal, The Royal Kumari is the best know Kumari, as she's situated in Kathmandu.

Kumar, is a living god in Nepal. Kumar also literally means virgin in Nepali and was the name of the god son of Lord Shiva. brother of elephant headed god Ganesh.

• Kumar itself (meaning prince in Nepali), is the usual title.

In which never uses it for 'mere' commoner descendants) bestowed on the son-in-law of a Sovereign (the King is styled Maharajadhiraja).

• Adhirajkumar 'son of the ruler of rulers', or Prince, is the usual title borne by the sons of a sovereign, his brothers, and paternal uncles.
• Maharaj Adhirajkumar is the usual prefix for the son of a King holding the rank and title of Sri Chautaria.
• Rajkumar 'royal son' is the title borne by the sons of a Raja (Hindu ruler of lower rank) and by the sons of a Nepalese King by a lesser wife or concubine.
• Yuvarajkumar 'Young Prince', is the usual title for the younger sons of the Crown Prince.
• In Lambjang and Kaski the "a" class sons of the 'ruling' Maharaja: Sri Sri Sri Maharaj Kumar (given name) Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, in the male line: Kunwar (given name) Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

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See also

• Kumarbi

Notes