प्रजापतिprajāpati

प्रजापति (prajāpati) is a Sanskrit word meaning lord of creatures, an epithet of Savitri, Soma, Agni, and Indra, a divinity presiding over procreation or protector of life, a father, a king, prince, a son-in-law. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Supreme Creator and Progenitor God, Epithet for Specific Deities, Specific Male Individuals/Authors.

Etymology: E. प्रजा people or the world, and पति master
Definitions: 30

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Meanings by context

Supreme Creator and Progenitor God

8 definitions

1. Lord of creatures. 2. An epithet of Savitri, Soma, Agni, and Indra.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a divinity presiding over procreation or protector of life

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lord of creatures, creator, and an epithet for a supreme god, Vishnu, Shiva, Time personified, the sun, fire, and various progenitors

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Lord of creatures. 2. Protector of life and genius presiding over procreation. 3. The Creator and supreme being. 4. Time personified. 5. The planet Mars.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the Creator or lord of creatures, and an epithet for various gods, sages, and men

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Lord of creatures. 2. The genius presiding over procreation. 3. The creator.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

lord of creatures, mostly identified with Brahman

प्रजापति (prajāpati) [Printed book page 556-2]
Prajāpati¹ (“lord of creatures”), mostly identified or

identifiable with Brahmán.—§ 3 (Anukram.): I, 1, 32

(Brahmā, issued from the primordial egg).—§ 26 (Jaratkāru):

I, 13, 1028 (°samaḥ…Jaratkāruḥ).—§ 27 (Kaśyapa):

I, 16, 1074 (°samaḥ, sc. Kaśyapa).—§ 33 (Garuḍa): I,

23, 1249 (Garuḍa identified with P.).—§ 48 (Śeṣa): I, 36,

†1583 (i.e. Brahmán).—§ 56 (Parikṣit): I, 49, 1942 (iva).

—§ 61 (Sarpasattra): I, 55, 2097 (had performed sacrifices

in Prayāga).—§ 84 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 64, 2499

(Īśaḥ Śambhuḥ P°iḥ, = Brahmán), 2507 (°patiḥ, i.e. Viṣṇu

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Nārāyaṇa).—§ 149 (Yayāti): I, 89, †3593 (°er lokaṃ).—

§ 238 (Pañcendrop.): I, 197, †7277 (i.e. Brahmán).—

§ 254 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.): I, 222, 8057 (iva).—§ 270

(Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 459 (= Brahmán), 464 (do.).—

§ 296 (Dyūtap.): II, 53, 1921 (gave a śaṅkha to Indra).—

§ 310b (Sūrya): III, 3, 190 (Sūrya (the Sun) identified

with P.).—§ 317 (Arjunābhigamanap.): III, 12, 470

(°pater Viṣṇoḥ).—§ 327 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 32,

1202 (Īśvaraṃ).—§ 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85, 8145

(°kṛto vidhiḥ).—§ 371 (Tuṅgaka): III, 85, 8191 (in

Tuṅgaka).—§ 373 (Prayāga): III, 85, 8215 (in Prayāga),

8219 (vedir eṣā P°eḥ, sc. Prayāga, etc.), 8220.—§ 377

(Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 89, 8370 (sung a gāthā at Puṣkara).

—§ 379 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 95, 8516 (vedīṃ P°eḥ,

i.e. Prayāga).—§ 391 (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III, 110, 10000 (°sama-

dyuteḥ, sc. Vibhāṇḍaka).—§ 409 (Plakṣāvataraṇag.): III,

129, 10513 (performed a sacrifice lasting 1,000 years), 10535

(vedir eṣā P°eḥ, sc. Kurukṣetra).—§ 440 (Yakṣayuddhap.):

III, 164, 11900 (°eḥ, sc. astraṃ, obtained by Arjuna).—

§ 453 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 183, 12620 (sasarja dharmatan-

trāṇi).—§ 455 (Brāhmaṇamāhātmyak.): III, 185, 12704

(among the honourable appellations of the king).—§ 457

(Vaivasvatop.): III, 187, 12747 (°samadyutiḥ, sc. Manu

Vaivasvata), 12797 (Brahmā, in the shape of a fish).—§ 459

(Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 189, 13004 (°patiḥ…Govindaḥ).

—§ 469 (do.): III, 200, 13386 (annaṃ P°ś coktaḥ sa ca

saṃvatsaro mataḥ).—§ 471 (do.): III, 200, 13417.—§ 504

(Skandayuddha): III, 231, 14521 (Brahmā).—§ 524c

(Viṣṇu): III, 272, 15824 (sṛjate Brahmamūrtis tu, rakṣate

Pauruṣī tanuḥ | Raudrībhāvena śamayet tisro 'vasthāḥ Prajā-

pateḥ).—§ 525 (Rāmopākhyāṇap.): III, 274, 15882

(father of Pulastya, grandfather of Rāvaṇa and Kubera).—

§ 534 (Sītā-Rāvaṇasaṃv.): III, 281, 16187 (°samaḥ, sc. the

father of Rāvaṇa).—§ 579 (Pāṇḍavapraveśap.): IV, 9, 259

(Dhātuḥ?, Draupadī is supposed to be the wife of P.).—

§ 554c (Gāṇḍīva): IV, 43, 1347 (had the Gāṇḍīva for

503 years, different from Braḥmán).—§ 554 (Goharaṇap.):

IV, 56, 1770 (°eḥ, sc. vimānaṃ).—§ 554d (Arjuna): IV,

61, 1977 (preceptor of Arjuna, different from Brahmán?).—

§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 48, †1871 (P°eḥ karma yathā

'rthaniṣṭhitaṃ).—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 78, 2808

(yathā).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 113α, 3880.—§ 567

(Bhagavadyānap.): V, 128, 4299 (Parameṣṭhī), 4303 (do.,

ordered Dharma to bind the Asuras).—§ 568 (Vidulāputra-

śāsana): V, 134, 4575 (°vinirmitaṃ, sc. kṣatrahṛdayaṃ).—

§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 148, 5025 (°ḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā

yathā saṃharate tathā).—§ 570 (Sainyaniryāṇap.): V, 157,

5316 (°im ivaudārye, sc. Bhīṣma).—§ 575 (Bhūmip.): VI,

12, 466 (on the mountain Puṣkara in Puṣkaradvīpa);

470 (Īśvaraḥ).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 14, 546

(sarvalokeśvarasya); 27, 960 (sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā);

35, †1285 (Kṛṣṇa identified with P.).—§ 581 (Bhīṣma-

vadhap.): VI, 65, 2940 (i.e. Brahmán), 2955 (°pate,

i.e. Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa)).—§ 587 (do.): VI, 120, 5719 (°m

ivāmarāḥ).—§ 588 (do.): VI, 121, 5802 (°eḥ, sc. astraṃ,

known to Arjuna).—§ 594 (Mṛtyu): VII, 54, 2073 (i.e.

Brahmán).—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaśarāj., v. Śibi Auśīnara): VII,

58, 2216.—§ 603d (Tripura): VII, 202, 9586 (devāḥ…

sa-P°ayaḥ, i.e. Brahmán).—§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna): VIII,

33, 1413; 34, 1573 (°mukhāḥ surāḥ).—§ 607 (Karṇap.):

VIII, 44, 2065 (naiṣā sṛṣṭiḥ P°eḥ, sc. the Bāhīkas), 2068

(tulyakālāḥ P°eḥ, sc. brāhmaṇāpasadāḥ).—§ 608 (do.): VIII,

87, 4435 (Svayambhuvaṃ, i.e. Brahmán).—§ 615b (Udapāna):

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IX, 36, 2072 (°samāḥ, sc. Ekata, Dvita, and Trita).—§ 615kk

(Kurukṣetrak.): IX, 53, †3008 (°er uttaravedir ucyate…

Samantapañcakaṃ), †3032 (etat Kurukṣetra-Samaṇtapañcakaṃ

P°er uttaravedir ucyate).—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX,

55, †3085 (Samantapañcakaṃ…uttaravediḥ…P°eḥ).

—§ 616 (Sauptikap.): X, 3, 122 (prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā karma

tāsu vidhāya ca).—§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 17, 775 (created by

Brahmán and father of Dakṣa, etc.).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.):

XI, 23θ, 666 (Vedā yasmāc ca catvāraḥ sarvāstrāṇi ca…

anapetāni vai śūrād yathaivādau P°eḥ, all. to Brahmán's loss

of the Vedas).—§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 12, 351 (asṛjad vai

prajāḥ).—§ 632 (Ṣoḍaśarāj., v. Śibi Auśīnara, cf. § 595);

XII, 29, 935 (cf. VII, 2216).—§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 60,

2290 (created the domestic animals), 2295 (°r hi varṇānāṃ

dāsaṃ śūdram akalpayat); 65, 2446 (sarvañ caivāsṛjad jagat);

91, 3407 (metaphorically of the king); 108, 4014; 121,

4449 (among the names of Chastisement), 4465 (Brahmā);

122, 4511, 4512 (different from Brahmán?).—§ 655

(Āpaddh.): XII, 161, 5961 (idaṃ sarvaṃ tapasaivāsṛjat).—

§ 660b (Bhṛgu-Bharadvājasaṃv.): XII, 182, 6800 (Brahmā);

187, 6929 (sṛṣṭiḥ P°er eṣā); 190, 6982; 191, 6996;

192, 7023 (attained to Brahmaloka).—§ 662b (Jāpakop.):

XII, 200, 7341 (Devadevaḥ).—§ 665 (Mokṣadh.): XII,

208, 7578(?).—§ 667 (do.): XII, 217, 7845 (described

the religion of pravṛtti).—§ 671b (Bali-Vāsavasaṃv.): XII,

224, 8139 (Kāla (Time) identified with P.).—§ 677

(Mokṣadh.); XII, 233, 8522 (ādikartā sa bhūtānāṃ); 235,

8601 (jīvayām āsa P°r iva prajāḥ); 237, 8667 (iva).—§ 678c

(Mṛtyu-Prajāpatisaṃv.): XII, 258, (9167) (i.e. Brahmán).

—§ 680b (Tulādhāra-Jājalisaṃv.): XII, 263, 9338

(= vṛṣabha (the bull)); 265, 9453.—§ 684 (Mokṣadh.):

XII, 269, 9616.—§ 702 (do.): XII, 296, 10836 (prajāḥ

pūrvam asṛjat tapasā); 297, 10865 (sṛjataḥ P°er lokān).—

§ 703 (do.): XII, 300, 10994 (assumed the form of a golden

swan).—§ 705 (do.): XII, 303, 11234 (Ahaṅkāraṃ, created

from Hiraṇyagarbha).—§ 707 (do.): XII, 311, 11572 (came

out of the golden egg and created heaven and earth); 313,

11601 (bhūtātmā so Ahaṅkāraḥ P°ḥ), 11602 (Śambhuḥ);

314, 11609 (the adhidaivata of the organ of generation);

318, 11705 (when the soul (jīva) escapes through the thighs,

one attains to P.).—§ 710 (do.): XII, 322, 12104 (°eḥ

salokatāṃ).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 339, 12864

(= Mahāpuruṣa); 343, 13253 (Viriñcaḥ, Kṛṣṇa identified

with P.).—§ 717d (Brahma-Rudrasaṃv.): XII, 351, 13726

(i.e. Brahmán).—§ 724 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 7, 368 (yena

prīṇāti pitaraṃ tena prīṇāti P°ṃ).—§ 730 (do.): XIII, 14,

998 (sa-P°-Śakrāntaṃ jagat); 16, 1083 (praised Śiva).—

§ 731b (Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.): XIII, 19, 1475 (abhāṣata,

a sentence of his quoted); 20, 1498 (°mataṃ).—§ 743

(Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 40, 2255 (sargāt Prajāpateḥ), 2259

(Brahmán's creating of the women).—§ 744 (do.): XIII,

44, 2420; 48, 2564 (asṛjat).—§ 746 (do.): XIII, 63,

3230 (āha, a sentence of his quoted); 67, 3381 (do., do.);

79κ, 3780 (°er lokaṃ).—§ 747 (do.): XIII, 84, 3954, 3990

(told the story Suvarṇotpatti).—§ 747b (Suvarṇotpatti):

XIII, 85, 4112 (Śiva identified with P.), 4164 (Agni

identified with P.).—§ 753 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 97, 4662.

—§ 767 (do.): XIII, 138, 6287 (āha, a sentence of his

quoted).—§ 770 (do.): XIII, 151, 7100 (°kṛtān etān lokān).

—§ 772i (Brahmán): XIII, 154, 7227 (Brahmā).—§ 773b

(Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159β, †7387 (created from

Kṛṣṇa).—§ 773 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 161, 7462 (composed

the Śatarudriya).—§ 773d (Śiva): XIII, 161, 749 (devāḥ

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sa-P°ayaḥ, i.e. Brahmán).—§ 778b (Saṃvartta-Maruttīya):

XIV, 9, †236 (lokāḥ…P°eḥ), †241 (°eḥ…lokāḥ).—

§ 782 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 18, 524 (asṛjat sarvabhūtāni

pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ).—§ 782b (Brāhmaṇagītā): XIV, 21, 631,

647; 23, 707 (Brahmā), 708; 26, 751 (°au pannagānāṃ

Devarṣīnāṃ sāṃvidaṃ), 752.—§ 782g (Guruśiṣyasaṃv.):

XIV, 35δ, 960 (read Bṛhaspati° with PCR.?), 969, 976;

42, 1128 (the presiding deity of the organ of generation),

(ε), 1167 (= mahān ātmā); 43, 1180 (bhūtādhipaḥ sargaḥ

prajānāṃ); 44, 1216 (devatānām ādiḥ); 51, 1438 (°r

idaṃ sarvaṃ manasaivāsṛjat), 1445 (sakāśe P°eḥ).—§ 785

(Anugītāp.): XIV, 71, 2077 (Kṛṣṇa identified with P.);

73, 2114 (iva).—§ 786 (do.): XIV, 91, 2832 (Svayam-

bhuvaṃ).—§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 8, 263 (°samaṃ,

sc. Dhṛtarāṣṭra). Cf. Prajānāṃ pati(ḥ).

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. A title of honor for Manu and the sons of Brahma. 2. The creator. 3. A group of nine beings worshipped for progeny.

— The Purana Index

Epithet for Specific Deities

6 definitions

1. A name of Brahma. 2. A name for the group of divine personages first created by Brahma. 3. A king or sovereign. 4. A father. 5. A son-in-law. 6. The sun. 7. Fire. 8. A name of Vishvakarma.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Brahma and the sages he first created. 2. A king. 3. A father. 4. A son-in-law. 5. The sun. 6. Fire.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The lord of creation. 2. An epithet of Brahman. 3. An epithet of Vishvakarman, the architect of the gods. 4. The sun. 5. A king. 6. A son-in-law. 7. An epithet of Vishnu.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A name of Brahma. 2. A title for the first-created divine personages. 3. A king or sovereign. 4. A father. 5. A son-in-law. 6. The sun. 7. Fire. 8. A name of Vishvakarma.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Shiva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Vishnu

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Specific Male Individuals/Authors

5 definitions

the name of several men and authors

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the father of the Vasus

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the lord of Vairajaka Kalpa

— The Purana Index

the Veda-Vyasa of the second Dvapara

— The Purana Index

the son of Pramshu and father of Khanitra

— The Purana Index

Class of Progenitors/Sages

3 definitions

An epithet applied to various sages and deities.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

lord of creatures or creator

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a group of twelve Prajapatis consisting of Kardama, Kashyapa, Shesha, Vikranta, Sushrava, Bahuputra, Kumara, Vivasvan, Shuchishravas, Pracetas, Arishtanemi, and Bahula

— The Purana Index

Astronomical/Astrological Term

2 definitions

1. The planet Mars. 2. A particular star, delta Aurigae.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

born of time

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Feminine Counterpart/Named Woman

2 definitions

A matron or lady

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of Gautama Buddha's aunt and nurse

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Human Familial Roles

2 definitions

a father

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son-in-law

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Species of Insect

1 definition

a species of insect

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Temporal Ruler (King/Prince)

1 definition

a king, prince

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.