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	<blockquote>The Exoteric four are: Sanât-Kumâra, Sananda, Sanaka, and Sanatana; and the esoteric three are: Sana, Kapila, and Sanatsujâta.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 457.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Exoteric four are: Sanât-Kumâra, Sananda, Sanaka, and Sanatana; and the esoteric three are: Sana, Kapila, and Sanatsujâta.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 457.</ref></blockquote>

	The hierarchy of the Kumāra include different beings. The highest Kumāras are the "eternal celibates" who do not belong to this plane. They are on ''Janarloka'', beyond the solar system.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 668.</ref> On this spiritual sphere dwells Sanat-Kumâra.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 383.</ref> Corresponding with this [[loka]], on a lower plane, is ''Sutala'', where dwell the [[~~Agniṣvāttas~~\|Kumāra-Agnishvāttas]]. This sphere corresponds on Earth with the [[Manas#Higher Manas\|Higher Manas]], the "Kumāra-Egos".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 665.</ref>		The hierarchy of the Kumāra include different beings. The highest Kumāras are the "eternal celibates" who do not belong to this plane. They are on ''Janarloka'', beyond the solar system.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 668.</ref> On this spiritual sphere dwells Sanat-Kumâra.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 383.</ref> Corresponding with this [[loka]], on a lower plane, is ''Sutala'', where dwell the [[Agnishvatta\|Kumāra-Agnishvāttas]]. This sphere corresponds on Earth with the [[Manas#Higher Manas\|Higher Manas]], the "Kumāra-Egos".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 665.</ref>

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	'''Kumāra''' (devanāgarī: कुमार) is a [[Sanskrit]] term that refers to a virgin boy, or young celibate. In [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] mythology it refers to the first four beings created by [[Brahmā]] at the beginning of the process of creation from his own mind. The four Kumāras are thus described as the first mind-born sons. Although they were expected to help in the process of creation, they refuse to procreate and instead devote themselves to ~~worship~~ God ~~and celibacy~~. They are said to wander throughout the universe without any desire but with purpose to teach.		'''Kumāra''' (devanāgarī: कुमार) is a [[Sanskrit]] term that refers to a virgin boy, or young celibate. In [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] mythology it refers to the first four beings created by [[Brahmā]] at the beginning of the process of creation from his own mind. The four Kumāras are thus described as the first mind-born sons. Although they were expected to help in the process of creation, they refuse to procreate and instead devote themselves to [[celibacy]] and worshipping God. They are said to wander throughout the universe without any desire but with purpose to teach.

	In the Theosophical view, the Kumāra is a hierarchy of beings which, as any other ~~celestial~~ hierarchy, involves entities of different degrees of evolution, from Dhyan-Chohans to the reincarnating Egos of human beings.		In the [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] view, the Kumāra is a [[Orders of Celestial Beings\| hierarchy of celestial beings]] which, as any other hierarchy, involves entities of different degrees of [[evolution]], from [[Dhyāni-Chohan\|Dhyan-Chohans]] to the [[Ego#Higher_ego\|reincarnating Egos]] of human beings.

	== General description ==		== General description ==
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	[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote in her [[The Theosophical Glossary (book)\|''The Theosophical Glossary'']]:		[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote in her [[The Theosophical Glossary (book)\|''The Theosophical Glossary'']]:

	<blockquote>The first Kumâras are the seven sons of Brahmâ, born out of the limbs of the god, in the so-called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 182.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The first Kumâras are the seven sons of [[Brahmā\|Brahmâ]], born out of the limbs of the god, in the so-called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 182.</ref></blockquote>

	Although traditional [[Hinduism]] usually talks about four Kumaras, Mme. Blavatsky claims that esoterically speaking they are really seven, "three Kumâras being secret".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 457.</ref> She wrote:		Although traditional [[Hinduism]] usually talks about four Kumaras, Mme. Blavatsky claims that esoterically speaking they are really seven, "three Kumâras being secret".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 457.</ref> She wrote:
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	== Kumara-Agnishvattas ==		== Kumara-Agnishvattas ==

	One of the ways in which this term is used is to refer to [[Orders_of_Celestial_Beings#Fifth_Order\|fifth ~~order~~ of ~~Celestial Beings~~]]:		One of the ways in which this term is used is to refer to [[Orders_of_Celestial_Beings#Fifth_Order\|fifth Order of celestial beings]]:

	<blockquote>They are the fifth order of Brahmadevas, and the five-fold Chohans, having the soul of the five elements in them, Water and Ether predominating, and therefore their symbols were both aquatic and fiery.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 578.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>They are the fifth order of Brahmadevas, and the five-fold Chohans, having the soul of the five elements in them, Water and Ether predominating, and therefore their symbols were both aquatic and fiery.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 578.</ref></blockquote>

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			[[File:Four Kumaras.jpg\|right\|200px]]
	Kumāra is a [[Sanskrit]] term to ~~refer to "~~a virgin boy, or young celibate." In Hindu mythology, it refers to the first four beings created by [[Brahmā]] at the beginning of the process of creation from his own mind. The four Kumāras are thus described as the first mind-born sons. Although they were expected to help in the process of creation, they refuse to procreate and instead devote themselves to worship God and celibacy. They are said to wander throughout the universe without any desire but with purpose to teach.		'''Kumāra''' (devanāgarī: कुमार) is a [[Sanskrit]] term that refers to a virgin boy, or young celibate. In [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] mythology it refers to the first four beings created by [[Brahmā]] at the beginning of the process of creation from his own mind. The four Kumāras are thus described as the first mind-born sons. Although they were expected to help in the process of creation, they refuse to procreate and instead devote themselves to worship God and celibacy. They are said to wander throughout the universe without any desire but with purpose to teach.

	In the Theosophical view, the Kumāra is a hierarchy of beings which, as any other celestial hierarchy, involves entities of different degrees of evolution, from Dhyan-Chohans to the reincarnating Egos of human beings.		In the Theosophical view, the Kumāra is a hierarchy of beings which, as any other celestial hierarchy, involves entities of different degrees of evolution, from Dhyan-Chohans to the reincarnating Egos of human beings.
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	=== The Four Kumaras ===		=== The Four Kumaras ===

	The Kumâra (in this case an anagram for occult purposes) are five in esotericism, as Yogis—because the last two names have ever been kept secret; they are the fifth order of Brahmadevas, and the five-fold Chohans, having the soul of the five elements in them, Water and Ether predominating, and therefore their symbols were both aquatic and fiery.		The Kumâra (in this case an anagram for occult purposes) are five in esotericism, as Yogis—because the last two names have ever been kept secret; they are the [[Orders_of_Celestial_Beings#Fifth_Order\|fifth order of Brahmadevas]], and the five-fold Chohans, having the soul of the five elements in them, Water and Ether predominating, and therefore their symbols were both aquatic and fiery.

	The Exoteric four are: Sanât-Kumâra, Sananda, Sanaka, and Sanatana; and the esoteric three are: Sana, Kapila, and Sanatsujâta.		The Exoteric four are: Sanât-Kumâra, Sananda, Sanaka, and Sanatana; and the esoteric three are: Sana, Kapila, and Sanatsujâta.

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	At the beginning of the process of creation~~, Brahmā creates the~~ four Kumāras~~. They~~ are thus described as the first mind-born ~~creations and~~ sons. ~~However~~, they refuse ~~his order~~ to procreate and instead devote themselves to worship God and celibacy. They are said to wander throughout the universe without any desire but with purpose to teach.		Kumāra is a [[Sanskrit]] term to refer to "a virgin boy, or young celibate." In Hindu mythology, it refers to the first four beings created by [[Brahmā]] at the beginning of the process of creation from his own mind. The four Kumāras are thus described as the first mind-born sons. Although they were expected to help in the process of creation, they refuse to procreate and instead devote themselves to worship God and celibacy. They are said to wander throughout the universe without any desire but with purpose to teach.

	In the Theosophical view, the Kumāra is a hierarchy of beings which, as any other celestial hierarchy, involves entities of different degrees of evolution, from Dhyan-Chohans to the reincarnating Egos of human beings.		In the Theosophical view, the Kumāra is a hierarchy of beings which, as any other celestial hierarchy, involves entities of different degrees of evolution, from Dhyan-Chohans to the reincarnating Egos of human beings.
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	== Theosophical view ==		== Theosophical view ==
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			Although traditional [[Hinduism]] usually talks about four Kumaras, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]] claims that esoterically speaking they are really seven, "three Kumâras being secret".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 457.</ref> In the [[The Theosophical Glossary (book)\|''The Theosophical Glossary'']] she wrote:

			<blockquote>The first Kumâras are the seven sons of Brahmâ, born out of the limbs of the god, in the so-called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 182.</ref></blockquote>

	The hierarchy of the Kumāra include different beings. The highest Kumāras are the "eternal celibates" who do not belong to this plane. They are on ''Janarloka'', beyond the solar system.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 668.</ref> On this spiritual sphere dwells Sanat-Kumâra.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 383.</ref> Corresponding with this [[loka]], on a lower plane, is ''Sutala'', where dwell the [[Agniṣvāttas\|Kumāra-Agnishvāttas]]. This sphere corresponds on Earth with the [[Manas#Higher Manas\|Higher Manas]], the "Kumāra-Egos".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 665.</ref>		The hierarchy of the Kumāra include different beings. The highest Kumāras are the "eternal celibates" who do not belong to this plane. They are on ''Janarloka'', beyond the solar system.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 668.</ref> On this spiritual sphere dwells Sanat-Kumâra.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 383.</ref> Corresponding with this [[loka]], on a lower plane, is ''Sutala'', where dwell the [[Agniṣvāttas\|Kumāra-Agnishvāttas]]. This sphere corresponds on Earth with the [[Manas#Higher Manas\|Higher Manas]], the "Kumāra-Egos".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 665.</ref>
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	=== Kumara-Agnishvattas ===		=== Kumara-Agnishvattas ===

	One of the ways in which this term is used is to refer to the Solar [[Pitṛs\|Pitris]] or [[Agniṣvāttas]] that rejected to participate in the "creation" man. This rejection, however, was only during the process of producing the physical aspect of human beings. Mme. Blavatsky quotes the ''Vishnu Purana'' that says the ~~Kumaras~~ were: "Without desire or passion, inspired with holy wisdom, estranged from the Universe, and undesirous of progeny". She adds that "The period of these Kumâras is pre-Adamic, i.e., before the separation of sexes, and before humanity had received the creative, or sacred, fire of Prometheus".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 204.</ref> ~~She elaborated further:~~		One of the ways in which this term is used is to refer to the Solar [[Pitṛs\|Pitris]] or [[Agniṣvāttas]] that rejected to participate in the "creation" man. This rejection, however, was only during the process of producing the physical aspect of human beings. Mme. Blavatsky quotes the ''Vishnu Purana'' that says the Kumāras were: "Without desire or passion, inspired with holy wisdom, estranged from the Universe, and undesirous of progeny". She adds that "The period of these Kumâras is pre-Adamic, i.e., before the separation of sexes, and before humanity had received the creative, or sacred, fire of Prometheus".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 204.</ref>

	~~<blockquote>After the Earth had been made ready by the lower and more material powers~~, ~~and its three Kingdoms fairly started on their way~~ to ~~be “fruitful and multiply~~,~~” the higher powers, the Archangels or Dhyanis, were compelled by the evolutionary Law~~ to ~~descend on Earth, in order~~ to ~~construct~~ the crown of its evolution—MAN. Thus the “Self-created” and the “Self-existent” projected their pale shadows; but group the Third, the Fire-Angels, rebelled and refused to join their Fellow Devas.		The Kumāras, being too spiritual to produce physical entities, are said to have refused to create the physical humanity:
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	Hindu exotericism represents them all as Yogins, whose piety inspired them to refuse creating, as they desired to remain eternally Kumâras, “Virgin Youths,” in order to, if possible, anticipate their fellows in progress towards Nirvana—the final liberation. But, agreeably to esoteric interpretation, it was a self-sacrifice for the benefit of mankind. The ~~“Rebels” would not create will-less irresponsible men~~, ~~as the “obedient” angels did; nor could they endow human beings with only the temporary reflections~~ of ~~their own attributes; for even~~ the ~~latter~~, ~~belonging~~ to ~~another and a so-much higher plane of consciousness, would leave~~ man ~~still irresponsible~~, ~~hence interfere with any possibility of a higher progress. No spiritual and psychic evolution is possible on earth—the lowest and most material plane—for one who on that plane, at all events~~, ~~is inherently perfect and cannot accumulate either merit~~ or ~~demerit. Man remaining the pale shadow of the inert~~, ~~immutable~~, ~~and motionless perfection~~, ~~the one negative and passive attribute of the real I am that I am~~, ~~would have been doomed to pass through life on earth as in a heavy dreamless sleep; hence a failure on this plane.~~		<blockquote>The Agnishwatta, devoid of the grosser creative fire, hence unable to create physical man, having no double, or [[Liṅga-śarīra\|astral body]], to project, since they were without any form, are shown in exoteric allegories as Yogis, Kumaras (chaste youths), who became “rebels,” Asuras. . .<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 78.</ref></blockquote>
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	~~Of all the seven great divisions of Dhyan-Chohans~~, ~~or Devas~~, ~~there is none with which humanity is more concerned than with the Kumâras~~. ~~Imprudent are the Christian Theologians who have degraded them into ''fallen'' Angels~~.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ~~242~~.</ref></blockquote>

	~~In the esoteric teaching,~~ they ~~are~~ the ~~progenitors~~ of ~~the true spiritual SELF in~~ the physical ~~man—the higher Prajâpati, while the Pitris, or lower Prajâpati, are no more than the fathers~~ of the ~~model, or type~~ of ~~his physical form, made “in~~ their ~~image.” Four (and occasionally five) are mentioned freely~~ in the ~~exoteric texts, three Kumâras being secret.~~		Therefore they were not involved in the development of the physical aspect of human beings that took place during the first three and a half [[Rounds]] of our [[Planetary Chain]]. They began their work in the [[Round#Fourth Round\|fourth Round]]:

	“The Kumâras,” explains an esoteric text, “are the Dhyanis, derived immediately from the supreme Principle, who reappear in the Vaivasvata Manu period, for the progress of mankind.” [Footnote]: They may indeed mark a “special” or extra creation, since it is they who, by incarnating themselves within the senseless human shells of the two first Root-races, and a great portion of the Third Root-race—create, so to speak, a new race: that of thinking, self-conscious and divine men.		<blockquote>“The Kumâras,” explains an esoteric text, “are the Dhyanis, derived immediately from the supreme Principle, who reappear in the [[Manu#Vaivasvata_Manu\|Vaivasvata Manu]] period, for the progress of mankind.” [Footnote]: They may indeed mark a “special” or extra creation, since it is they who, by incarnating themselves within the senseless human shells of the two first Root-races, and a great portion of the Third Root-race—create, so to speak, a new race: that of thinking, self-conscious and divine men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 456-457.</ref></blockquote>

	~~It thus becomes clear why~~ the ~~Agnishwatta~~, ~~devoid~~ of the ~~grosser creative fire, hence unable to create~~ physical man, ~~having no double~~, ~~or astral body, to project~~, ~~since they were without any form~~, ~~are shown in exoteric allegories as Yogis, Kumaras (chaste youths~~), ~~who became “rebels,” Asuras~~		<blockquote>In the esoteric teaching, they are the progenitors of the true spiritual SELF in the physical man.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 457.</ref></blockquote>

	~~the~~ Kumâras [are] those “who refused to create,” but who were compelled later on to complete divine Man by incarnating in him.		<blockquote>The Kumâras [are] those “who refused to create,” but who were compelled later on to complete divine Man by incarnating in him.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 199.</ref></blockquote>

	~~Kumâra (Sk.). A virgin boy, or young celibate. The first Kumâras are~~ the ~~seven sons of Brahmâ, born out of~~ the ~~limbs~~ of ~~the god~~, in ~~the so-called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says.~~		If the Kumaras had started their work before the lower principles of human beings had been fully mature, humanity would have remained in a passive spiritual state:

	~~It thus becomes clear why~~ the ~~Agnishwatta~~, ~~devoid~~ of the ~~grosser creative fire~~, ~~hence unable~~ to ~~create physical man~~, ~~having no double~~, ~~or astral body~~, to ~~project~~, ~~since they were without any form~~, ~~are shown~~ in ~~exoteric allegories~~ as ~~Yogis~~, ~~Kumaras (chaste youths)~~, who ~~became “rebels~~,~~” Asuras~~, ~~fighting~~ and ~~opposing gods~~,* etc., ~~etc~~.		<blockquote>After the [[Globe#Globe D\|Earth]] had been made ready by the lower and more material powers, and its three Kingdoms fairly started on their way to be “fruitful and multiply,” the higher powers, the Archangels or [[Dhyāni-Chohan\|Dhyanis]], were compelled by the [[Evolution\|evolutionary Law]] to descend on Earth, in order to construct the crown of its evolution—MAN. Thus the “Self-created” and the “Self-existent” projected their pale shadows; but group the Third, the Fire-Angels, rebelled and refused to join their Fellow [[Deva]]s.
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			[[Hinduism\|Hindu]] [[exotericism]] represents them all as Yogins, whose piety inspired them to refuse creating, as they desired to remain eternally Kumâras, “Virgin Youths,” in order to, if possible, anticipate their fellows in progress towards [[Nirvāṇa\|Nirvana]]—the final liberation. But, agreeably to esoteric interpretation, it was a self-sacrifice for the benefit of mankind. The “Rebels” would not create will-less irresponsible men, as the “obedient” angels did; nor could they endow human beings with only the temporary reflections of their own attributes; for even the latter, belonging to another and a so-much higher plane of consciousness, would leave man still irresponsible, hence interfere with any possibility of a higher progress. No spiritual and psychic evolution is possible on earth—the lowest and most material plane—for one who on that plane, at all events, is inherently perfect and cannot accumulate either merit or demerit. Man remaining the pale shadow of the inert, immutable, and motionless perfection, the one negative and passive attribute of the real I am that I am, would have been doomed to pass through life on earth as in a heavy dreamless sleep; hence a failure on this plane.
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			Of all the seven great divisions of Dhyan-Chohans, or Devas, there is none with which humanity is more concerned than with the Kumâras. Imprudent are the Christian Theologians who have degraded them into [[The_Fall#Fall_of_the_Angels\|''fallen'' Angels]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 242.</ref></blockquote>

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	*[[Agniṣvāttas]]		*[[Agniṣvāttas]]
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	The hierarchy of the Kumāra include different beings. The highest Kumāras are the "eternal celibates" who do not belong to this plane. They are on ''Janarloka'', beyond the solar system.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 668.</ref> On this spiritual sphere dwells Sanat-Kumâra.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 383.</ref> Corresponding with this [[loka]], on a lower plane, is ''Sutala'', where dwell the [[Agniṣvāttas\|Kumāra-Agnishvāttas]]. This sphere corresponds on Earth with the [[Manas#Higher Manas\|Higher Manas]], the "Kumāra-Egos".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 665.</ref>		The hierarchy of the Kumāra include different beings. The highest Kumāras are the "eternal celibates" who do not belong to this plane. They are on ''Janarloka'', beyond the solar system.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 668.</ref> On this spiritual sphere dwells Sanat-Kumâra.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 383.</ref> Corresponding with this [[loka]], on a lower plane, is ''Sutala'', where dwell the [[Agniṣvāttas\|Kumāra-Agnishvāttas]]. This sphere corresponds on Earth with the [[Manas#Higher Manas\|Higher Manas]], the "Kumāra-Egos".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 665.</ref>

	=== Agnishvattas ===		=== Kumara-Agnishvattas ===

	Mme. Blavatsky quotes the Vishnu Purana that says the Kumaras were: "Without desire or passion, inspired with holy wisdom, estranged from the Universe, and undesirous of progeny". She adds that "The period of these Kumâras is pre-Adamic, i.e., before the separation of sexes, and before humanity had received the creative, or sacred, fire of Prometheus".		One of the ways in which this term is used is to refer to the Solar [[Pitṛs\|Pitris]] or [[Agniṣvāttas]] that rejected to participate in the "creation" man. This rejection, however, was only during the process of producing the physical aspect of human beings. Mme. Blavatsky quotes the ''Vishnu Purana'' that says the Kumaras were: "Without desire or passion, inspired with holy wisdom, estranged from the Universe, and undesirous of progeny". She adds that "The period of these Kumâras is pre-Adamic, i.e., before the separation of sexes, and before humanity had received the creative, or sacred, fire of Prometheus".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 204.</ref> She elaborated further:

	After the Earth had been made ready by the lower and more material powers, and its three Kingdoms fairly started on their way to be “fruitful and multiply,” the higher powers, the Archangels or Dhyanis, were compelled by the evolutionary Law to descend on Earth, in order to construct the crown of its evolution—MAN. Thus the “Self-created” and the “Self-existent” projected their pale shadows; but group the Third, the Fire-Angels, rebelled and refused to join their Fellow Devas.		<blockquote>After the Earth had been made ready by the lower and more material powers, and its three Kingdoms fairly started on their way to be “fruitful and multiply,” the higher powers, the Archangels or Dhyanis, were compelled by the evolutionary Law to descend on Earth, in order to construct the crown of its evolution—MAN. Thus the “Self-created” and the “Self-existent” projected their pale shadows; but group the Third, the Fire-Angels, rebelled and refused to join their Fellow Devas.
	Hindu exotericism represents them all as Yogins, whose piety inspired them to refuse creating, as they desired to remain eternally Kumâras, “Virgin Youths,” in order to, if possible, anticipate their fellows in progress towards Nirvana—the final liberation. But, agreeably to esoteric interpretation, it was a self-sacrifice for the benefit of mankind. The “Rebels” would not create will-less irresponsible men, as the “obedient” angels did; nor could they endow human beings with only the temporary reflections of their own attributes; for even the latter, belonging to another and a so-much higher plane of consciousness, would leave man still irresponsible, hence interfere with any possibility of a higher progress. No spiritual and psychic evolution is possible on earth—the lowest and most material plane—for one who on that plane, at all events, is inherently perfect and cannot accumulate either merit or demerit. Man remaining the pale shadow of the inert, immutable, and motionless perfection, the one negative and passive attribute of the real I am that I am, would have been doomed to pass through life on earth as in a heavy dreamless sleep; hence a failure on this plane.		<br>
	Of all the seven great divisions of Dhyan-Chohans, or Devas, there is none with which humanity is more concerned than with the Kumâras. Imprudent are the Christian Theologians who have degraded them into ''fallen'' Angels.		Hindu exotericism represents them all as Yogins, whose piety inspired them to refuse creating, as they desired to remain eternally Kumâras, “Virgin Youths,” in order to, if possible, anticipate their fellows in progress towards Nirvana—the final liberation. But, agreeably to esoteric interpretation, it was a self-sacrifice for the benefit of mankind. The “Rebels” would not create will-less irresponsible men, as the “obedient” angels did; nor could they endow human beings with only the temporary reflections of their own attributes; for even the latter, belonging to another and a so-much higher plane of consciousness, would leave man still irresponsible, hence interfere with any possibility of a higher progress. No spiritual and psychic evolution is possible on earth—the lowest and most material plane—for one who on that plane, at all events, is inherently perfect and cannot accumulate either merit or demerit. Man remaining the pale shadow of the inert, immutable, and motionless perfection, the one negative and passive attribute of the real I am that I am, would have been doomed to pass through life on earth as in a heavy dreamless sleep; hence a failure on this plane.
			<br>
			Of all the seven great divisions of Dhyan-Chohans, or Devas, there is none with which humanity is more concerned than with the Kumâras. Imprudent are the Christian Theologians who have degraded them into ''fallen'' Angels.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 242.</ref></blockquote>

	In the esoteric teaching, they are the progenitors of the true spiritual SELF in the physical man—the higher Prajâpati, while the Pitris, or lower Prajâpati, are no more than the fathers of the model, or type of his physical form, made “in their image.” Four (and occasionally five) are mentioned freely in the exoteric texts, three Kumâras being secret.		In the esoteric teaching, they are the progenitors of the true spiritual SELF in the physical man—the higher Prajâpati, while the Pitris, or lower Prajâpati, are no more than the fathers of the model, or type of his physical form, made “in their image.” Four (and occasionally five) are mentioned freely in the exoteric texts, three Kumâras being secret.

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	At the beginning of the process of creation, Brahmā creates the four Kumāras. They are thus described as the first mind-born creations and sons. However, they refuse his order to procreate and instead devote themselves to worship God and celibacy. They are said to wander throughout the universe without any desire but with purpose to teach.		At the beginning of the process of creation, Brahmā creates the four Kumāras. They are thus described as the first mind-born creations and sons. However, they refuse his order to procreate and instead devote themselves to worship God and celibacy. They are said to wander throughout the universe without any desire but with purpose to teach.
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	the Kumâra-Egos, the reincarnating “Principles” in this Manvantara.		the Kumâra-Egos, the reincarnating “Principles” in this Manvantara.

			the descent or incarnation of the Kumâras or the Higher Egos of Humanity.

			Manas is, as it were, a globe of pure, Divine Light, a Ray from the World Soul, a unit from a higher sphere, in which is no differentiation. . . . The globe of Divine Light, a Kumâra on its own plane, is the Higher Ego, or Higher Manas.


	Let us bear in mind that the Saptarshi (the seven Rishis) are the regents of the seven stars of the Great Bear, therefore, of the same nature as the angels of the planets, or the seven great Planetary Spirits. They were all reborn, all men on earth in various Kalpas and races. Moreover, “the four preceding Manus are the four classes of the originally arupa gods—the Kumâras, the Rudras, the Asuras, etc. : who are also said to have incarnated. They are not the Prajâpatis, as the first are, but their informing principles—some of which have incarnated in men, while others have made other men simply the vehicles of their reflections.		Let us bear in mind that the Saptarshi (the seven Rishis) are the regents of the seven stars of the Great Bear, therefore, of the same nature as the angels of the planets, or the seven great Planetary Spirits. They were all reborn, all men on earth in various Kalpas and races. Moreover, “the four preceding Manus are the four classes of the originally arupa gods—the Kumâras, the Rudras, the Asuras, etc. : who are also said to have incarnated. They are not the Prajâpatis, as the first are, but their informing principles—some of which have incarnated in men, while others have made other men simply the vehicles of their reflections.
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	Moreover, it is to be remembered that Sanat-Kumâra is “an eternal youth of sixteen,” dwelling in Jana-Loka, his own sphere or spiritual state.		Moreover, it is to be remembered that Sanat-Kumâra is “an eternal youth of sixteen,” dwelling in Jana-Loka, his own sphere or spiritual state.

			Talking about a temple in Carnac on the south coast of Brittany (France), Mme. Blavatsky wrote: "It was built by the prehistoric hierophant-priests of the Solar Dragon, or symbolized Wisdom (the Solar Kumâras who incarnated being the highest)."

	Kumâra (Sk.). A virgin boy, or young celibate. The first Kumâras are the seven sons of Brahmâ, born out of the limbs of the god, in the so-called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says.		Kumâra (Sk.). A virgin boy, or young celibate. The first Kumâras are the seven sons of Brahmâ, born out of the limbs of the god, in the so-called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says.
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	The truths revealed to man by the “Planetary Spirits” (the highest Kumâras, those who incarnate no longer in the universe during this Mahâmanvantara), who appear on earth as Avatâras only at the beginning		The truths revealed to man by the “Planetary Spirits” (the highest Kumâras, those who incarnate no longer in the universe during this Mahâmanvantara), who appear on earth as Avatâras only at the beginning

	=== The Four Kumaras ==		=== The Four Kumaras ===

	The Kumaras, for instance, are called the “Four” though in reality seven in number, because Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatana and Sanat-Kumara are the chief Vaidhâtra (their patronymic name), as they spring from the “four-fold mystery.”		The Kumaras, for instance, are called the “Four” though in reality seven in number, because Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatana and Sanat-Kumara are the chief Vaidhâtra (their patronymic name), as they spring from the “four-fold mystery.”
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	*[[Makara]]		*[[Makara]]
			*[[Mānasaputra]]
			*[[Agniṣvāttas]]

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	== Theosophical view ==		== Theosophical view ==
			=== General description ===

			Mme. Blavatsky quotes the Vishnu Purana that says the Kumaras were: "Without desire or passion, inspired with holy wisdom, estranged from the Universe, and undesirous of progeny". She adds that "The period of these Kumâras is pre-Adamic, i.e., before the separation of sexes, and before humanity had received the creative, or sacred, fire of Prometheus".

			the Kumâras [are] those “who refused to create,” but who were compelled later on to complete divine Man by incarnating in him.

			in the days of Lemuria, the Dioscuri, the “Egg-born,” were the Seven Dhyan Chohans (Agnishwatta-Kumâra) who incarnated in the Seven Elect of the Third Race.

			As given out in The Secret Doctrine, the Egos or Kumâras, incarnating in man, at the end of the Third Root-Race, are not human Egos of this earth or plane, but became such only from the moment they ensouled the animal man, thus endowing him with his Higher Mind. They are “Breaths” or Principles, called the Human Soul, or Manas, the Mind. As the teachings say: “Each is a Pillar of Light. Having chosen its vehicle, it expanded, surrounding with an Âkâúic Aura the human animal, while the Divine (Mânasic) Principle, settled within that human form.”

			the Kumâra-Egos, the reincarnating “Principles” in this Manvantara.

			Let us bear in mind that the Saptarshi (the seven Rishis) are the regents of the seven stars of the Great Bear, therefore, of the same nature as the angels of the planets, or the seven great Planetary Spirits. They were all reborn, all men on earth in various Kalpas and races. Moreover, “the four preceding Manus are the four classes of the originally arupa gods—the Kumâras, the Rudras, the Asuras, etc. : who are also said to have incarnated. They are not the Prajâpatis, as the first are, but their informing principles—some of which have incarnated in men, while others have made other men simply the vehicles of their reflections.

			The Logos, being no personality but the universal principle, is represented by all the divine Powers born of its mind—the pure Flames, or, as they are called in Occultism, the “Intellectual Breaths”—those angels who are said to have made themselves independent, i.e., passed from the passive and quiescent, into the active state of Self-Consciousness.

			It thus becomes clear why the Agnishwatta, devoid of the grosser creative fire, hence unable to create physical man, having no double, or astral body, to project, since they were without any form, are shown in exoteric allegories as Yogis, Kumaras (chaste youths), who became “rebels,” Asuras

			The “eternal celibates”, the Kumâras; literally those without a Syzygy, double, pair, mate, or counterpart. It is the Hierarchy of the Kumâras which incarnates in man as his Higher Ego or Manas.

			Sutala corresponds with Janarloka and the Higher Manas on Earth. "Here belong the hierarchies of the Kumâras––the Agnishwâttas, etc."

			Janarloka, beyond the solar system, the abode of the Kumâras who do not belong to this plane.

			Moreover, it is to be remembered that Sanat-Kumâra is “an eternal youth of sixteen,” dwelling in Jana-Loka, his own sphere or spiritual state.


	Kumâra (Sk.). A virgin boy, or young celibate. The first Kumâras are the seven sons of Brahmâ, born out of the limbs of the god, in the so-called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says.		Kumâra (Sk.). A virgin boy, or young celibate. The first Kumâras are the seven sons of Brahmâ, born out of the limbs of the god, in the so-called ninth creation. It is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to “procreate their species”, and so they “remained Yogis”, as the legend says.
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	The Kumâra (in this case an anagram for occult purposes) are five in esotericism, as Yogis—because the last two names have ever been kept secret; they are the fifth order of Brahmadevas, and the five-fold Chohans, having the soul of the five elements in them, Water and Ether predominating, and therefore their symbols were both aquatic and fiery.		The Kumâra (in this case an anagram for occult purposes) are five in esotericism, as Yogis—because the last two names have ever been kept secret; they are the fifth order of Brahmadevas, and the five-fold Chohans, having the soul of the five elements in them, Water and Ether predominating, and therefore their symbols were both aquatic and fiery.

	~~== Makara ==~~		The truths revealed to man by the “Planetary Spirits” (the highest Kumâras, those who incarnate no longer in the universe during this Mahâmanvantara), who appear on earth as Avatâras only at the beginning

	~~But very few are those who know—even in India, unless they are initiated—the real mystic connection which seems to exist, as we are told, between the names Makara and Kumâra.~~ The first means some amphibious animal called flippantly ‘crocodile,’ as some Orientalists think, and the second is the title of the great patrons of Yogins (See “Saiva Purânas,”) the Sons of, and even one with, Rudra (Siva); a Kumâra himself. It is through their connection with Man that the Kumâras are likewise connected with the Zodiac. Let us try to find out what the word Makara means.		=== The Four Kumaras ==

	~~Regarding~~ the ~~symbolic meaning of~~ the ~~term~~, ~~[[T~~. ~~Subba Row]] wrote:~~		The Kumaras, for instance, are called the “Four” though in reality seven in number, because Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatana and Sanat-Kumara are the chief Vaidhâtra (their patronymic name), as they spring from the “four-fold mystery.”

	~~The letter Ma is equivalent~~ to ~~number five and Kara means hand~~. ~~Now~~ in ~~Samskrt Tribhuja means~~ a ~~triangle~~, ~~bhuja or kara~~ (~~both~~ are ~~synonymous~~) ~~being understood to mean~~ a ~~[Page 16] side~~. So, ~~Makara~~ or ~~Pañchakara means a Pentagon~~.		Alone a handful of primitive men—in whom the spark of divine Wisdom burnt bright, and only strengthened in its intensity as it got dimmer and dimmer with every age in those who turned it to bad purposes—remained the elect custodians of the Mysteries revealed to mankind by the divine Teachers. There were those among them, who remained in their Kumâric condition from the beginning; and tradition whispers, what the secret teachings affirm, namely, that these Elect were the germ of a Hierarchy which never died since that period:—
			“The inner man of the first * * * only changes his body from time to time; he is ever the same, knowing neither rest nor Nirvana, spurning Devachan and remaining constantly on Earth for the salvation of mankind. . . . .” “Out of the seven virgin-men (Kumâra [FN. ‡ Vide supra the Commentary on the Four Races—and on the “Sons of Will and Yoga,” the immaculate progeny of the Androgynous Third Race.]) four sacrificed themselves for the sins of the world and the instruction of the ignorant, to remain till the end of the present Manvantara. Though unseen, they are ever present. When people say of one of them, “He is dead”; behold, he is alive! and under another form. These are the Head, the Heart, the Soul, and the Seed of undying knowledge (Gnyana). Thou shalt never speak, O Lanoo, of these great ones (Maha . . . ) before a multitude, mentioning them by their names. The wise alone will understand.” . . . (Catechism of the inner Schools.)
			It is these sacred “Four” who have been allegorized and symbolized in the “Linga Purâna,” which states that Vamadeva (Siva) as Kumâra is reborn in each Kalpa (Race in this instance), as four youths—four, white; four, red; four, yellow; and four, dark or brown.

	~~Mme. Blavatsky adds "the~~ [[~~Pentagram\|five-pointed star~~]] or pentagon representing the five limbs of man" and in a footnote says: "What is the meaning and the reason of this figure? Because, Manas is the fifth principle, and because the pentagon is the symbol of Man—not only of the five-limbed, but rather of the thinking, conscious MAN".		== See also ==
			*[[Makara]]

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