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- (adj.) together with his wife Vin.i.23, Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.62; Ja.i.345; Pv-a.20. (m.) Prajāpati (Np.), the supreme Lord of men, only mentioned in one formula together with Inda & Brahmā, viz devā saindakā sabrahmakā sapajāpatikā in sense of foll. Also at Vb-a.497 with Brahmā.
- prajāpati (f.) [of Ved. prajāvant, adj. n. fr. prajā “having (or rich in) progeny,” with p for v, as pointed out by Trenckner Notes 6216] “one who has offspring,” a chief wife of a man of the higher class (like a king, in which case = “chief queen”) or a gahapati, in which case simply “wife”; cp. BSk. prajāpatī “lady” Divy.2 Divy.98
■ Vin.i.23; Vin.iii.25; Vin.iv.18, Vin.iv.258; SN.ii.243; AN.i.137 (catasso ˚iyo); AN.iv.210, AN.iv.214; Vv.41#6 (= one of the 16,000 chief queens of Sakka Vv-a.183); Dhp-a.i.73; Pv-a.21, Pv-a.31. sapajāpatika (adj.) together with his wife Vin.i.23, Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.62; Ja.i.345; Pv-a.20.
Ved. prajāpati, prajā + pati Lord of all created beings, Lord of Creation