Who knows? What do Buddhists mean by boys?

Buddhist dictionaries define "lad" as follows:

boy

Kuma^ra in Sanskrit is the same as that in Pali. Transliterated kumoro. Or Sanskrit kuma^raka, transliteration Kumaraja.

(1) A man who is four or eight years old but under twenty years old and has not shaved his hair is called a boy, a boy and a boy; Women are called virgins. [Old Huayan Sutra Volume 45 entered the Dharma realm, Great Wisdom Volume 29, and South China Sea merged into the Inner Dharma Volume 3]

(2) refers to bodhisattva. Bodhisattva is the prince of Tathagata, because he is like a teenager who has no desire in the world, so he is called a teenager.

(3) Those who accompany Buddha, Bodhisattva and Heaven are also called boys. For example, the attendants of Manjusri Bodhisattva are eight boys, such as Zhao Zhao, Ji Shenni, Jiu Hui, Ji Shenni, Fu, Naive Guang and Incredible Hui. There are also eight boy attendants in Lanasa, Harraca.

(4) In ancient Japan, when holding various ceremonies and ceremonies, there must be children who have always been called boys accompanying them.