ཀུན་འབྱེད་གཞོན་ནུ་
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ཀུན་འབྱེད་གཞོན་ནུ། (Wyl. kun 'byed gzhon nu ) Pron.: kün jé shyönnu
- Skt. सनत्कुमारः, sanatkumāra, Pron.: sanatkumara. From Sanskrit: 'always a youth' or 'son of Brahmā', N. of one of the four or seven sons of Brahmā | he is said to be the oldest of the progenitors of mankind | = | and sometimes identified with Skanda and Pradyumna, he is also the supposed author of an Upa-purāṇa and other works | with Jainas he is one of the 12 Sārvabhaumas or Cakravartins [ emperors of India] | the N. of Sanat-kumāra is sometimes given to any great saint who retains youthful purity