Kumar
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Kumar (Tamil: குமார், (Sanskrit:कुमार. In Hinduism (meaning child, (child of) Skanda) the God of War in Hinduism. Is a title, given name or family name. As a name it can also be used as: Kumara, Kumari, Kumaran. It's believed to be hailed from South India or Sri Lanka. Kumar is a caste that is more common with Tamils. It also refers to Skanda the God of War.
However, Kumar is commonly used today. It can also be used in Rajput / Princley States. From Sanskrit, Kumar could mean Prince and Kumari meaning Princess. It can be put in heir apparent and enters in princely compound titles. The following are just examples from India.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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).
[edit] Rajasthan
Kumar is the name of a clan (all,titled) Chetris who claim descent from the Rānās of Mewar ancestral predecessors of the Maharānās of Udaipur, Rajasthan.
[edit] Savantwadi
The Heir Apparent of the Sir Desai (ruler) of Savantwadi was styled Rajanathan Kumar, Shrimant (personal name).
[edit] 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.
[edit] Nepal
- 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.
[edit] Popular Kumars
- Anton MuttuKumaru - Founder of Ceylon Movenment.
- Madhav Kumar Nepal - Politician in Nepal.
- Kumar Ponnambalam - Politician in Sri Lanka.
- Santosh Kumar - Pakistani Actor.
- Kumar Navaratnam - was a popular singer in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Ravi Kumar - Was an top Maoist leader and CPI (Maoist).
- Meena Kumari - was a prominent Indian movie actress.
- Akshay Kumar is a Bollywood actor, real name is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia
- Ajith Kumar - is an film actor who has appeared in Tamil,Telugu and Hindi movies.
- Muhammad Yusuf Khan, an Indian Bollywood actor born in Pakistan was also known as Dilip Kumar.
- Kishore Kumar - also known as Abhas Kumar Ganguli, was a very famous classical Indian singer.
- Sabitha Kumari - Female Militant that is Maoist and Naxal leader.
- Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam - Militant in LTTE Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.
- Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lankan cricketer.
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