1. prajāpati
prajāpati (jā), m. ‘lord of creatures’, N. of Savitṛ , Soma , Agni , Indra &c., RV. ; AV.
The corpus record — Sanskrit
prajāpatiḥ
prajāpati (jā), m. ‘lord of creatures’, N. of Savitṛ , Soma , Agni , Indra &c., RV. ; AV.
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Where it lives
- Prasna Upanisad 10 · 15.32/10k
- Svetasvatara Upanisad 1 · 5.82/10k
- Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
- Chandogya Upanisad 18 · 3.84/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 22 · 2.91/10k
- Taittiriya Upanisad 1 · 1.89/10k
- Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. prajāpati
(jā) a divinity presiding over procreation, protector of life, ib. ; VS. ; Mn. ; Suśr. ; BhP.
3. prajāpati
(jā) lord of creatures, creator, RV. &c. &c. ( N. of a supreme god above or among the Vedic deities [ RV. (only x, 21, 10 ); AV. ; VS. ; Br. ] but in later times also applied to Viṣṇu , Śiva , Time personified, the sun, fire, &c., and to various progenitors, esp. to the 10 lords of created beings first created by Brahmā , viz. Marīci , Atri , Aṅgiras , Pulastya , Pulaka , Kratu , Vasiṣṭha , Pracetas or Dakṣa , Bhṛgu , Nārada [ Mn. i, 34 ; cf. IW. 206 n. 1 ], of whom some authorities count only the first 7, others the last 3)
In the wild
- prajāpatiḥ Aitareya Upanisad aitup_3.3
- prajāpatim Aitareya Upanisad aitup_3.4
- prajāpatiḥ Bhagavad Gita 3.10
- prajāpatiḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,1.2
- prajāpatiḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.3
- prajāpatiḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.7
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