different between kumari vs kemari

English

Borrowed from Sanskrit ?????? (kum?r?, “princess; young girl”).

kumari (plural kumaris)

(Hinduism, chiefly Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.
- 2011, Mark Magnier, Living goddess' fall back to earth (in Los Angeles Times, 14 February, page 1)
  Shakya […] reached puberty and 'retired' as a royal kumari, as the young Nepalese goddesses are known.

Borrowed from Japanese ??, from Chinese ?? (cùjú)

kemari (uncountable)

An ancient Japanese ball game, still played in modern times, in which players cooperate to try to keep a deerskin ball in the air.

kemari

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