kumāra-bhūta (4984)
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Entry 4984, Page 187, Col. 1 -
(kumAraBUta, kumAra-BUta)
kumāra-bhūta¦, adj., while still a youth; remaining a youth; a stock epithet of Mañjuśrī, q.v., who is perenni- ally young: SP 7.8--9; 260.16; 275.1 ff.; Mvy 650; but also of others, esp. Bodhisattvas, Mvy 693--5, 698--9, and cf. 883 te ca bodhisattvā…bhūyastvena sarve kumāra- bhūtāḥ; also of Buddhas, with reference to the period before their enlightenment, SP 19.2; 160.9; 311.2 (here of Śākyamuni); and even of an ordinary human being, Jīvaka, Divy 270.12, 20; 506.8 ff.; but this is probably based on a misunderstanding and consequent re-formation of next, q.v.