[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.930 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.930 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.930 - **Language:** English ### [c5.930](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.930) KUMĀRAS. Mind-born sons of Brahmā, who, declining to create progeny, remained ever boys and ever pure and innocent. There were four of them, Sanat-kumāra, Sananda, Sanaka, and Sanātana; a fifth, Ribhu, is sometimes added. See Vishnu Purāna. - [Previous: c5.929](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.929) - [Next: c5.931](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.931) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.930](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.930) · Pramāṇa