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| '''Kumara'''
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| '''Kumara''' (devanāgarī: कुमार ''kumāra'') 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.
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| 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.
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| == General description ==
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| [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote in her [[The Theosophical Glossary (book)|''The Theosophical Glossary'']]:
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| <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></blockquot
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