Origin and History
The origin of kumar can be traced back to early development of hinduism, religion with its origin in South Asia. The first usage of Kumar was for referring the Four KumÄras, the four sons of Brahma from the Puranic texts of Hinduism named Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanat, born from Brahma's mind. The Bhagavata Purana lists the Kumaras among the twelve Mahajanas (great devotees or bhaktas), who although being eternally liberated souls from birth, still became attracted to the devotional service of Vishnu from their already enlightened state.
In Skanda Purana, the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts, The text is devoted mainly to the leelas of Kartikeya, son of Shiva and Parvati. Kumar is used to refer Kartikeya, also known as skanda, the war god.
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