# प्रजापति (prajāpati)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/prajapati

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 — E. prajā people or the world, and pati master
- **SLP1:** `prajApati`  **IAST:** prajāpati  **Devanagari:** प्रजापति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajapati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/prajapati/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** प्राजापती (prājāpatī), प्रजापती (prajāpatī)

## 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)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 658,2] प्रजा (prajā) — पति (—pati) ( ° जा - (°jā-) ), m. ‘lord of creatures’, N. of Savitṛ, Soma, Agni, Indra &c., Ṛg-veda (Title); Atharva-veda (Title) [ ID=130885 ]
- a divinity presiding over procreation or protector of life  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) a divinity presiding over procreation, protector of life, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title); Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title); Suśruta (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=130885.02 ]
- 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)*
  > [Printed book page 658,3] ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) lord of creatures, creator, Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. ( N. of a supreme god above or among the Vedic deities [ Ṛg-veda (Title) (only x, 21, 10 ); Atharva-veda (Title); Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title); Brāhmaṇa (Literary category) ] 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 [ Manu-smṛti (Title) i, 34; cf. Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 206 n. 1 ], of whom some authorities count only the first 7, others the last 3) [ ID=130885.04 ]
- 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*
  > प्रजापति (prajāpati) [Printed book page 172-1 ] प्रजापति (prajāpati) prajā́-pati, m. lord of creatures; genius presiding over procreation, protector of life; Creator, N. of a suppreme being above the Vedic gods; this epithet is in the postVedic period applied to various holy men regarded as demiurgic beings; Time ( personified ); planet Mars; N. : -yajña, m. sacrifice to Prajāpati = procreation of children prescribed by law; -loká, m. prajāpatiʼs world. [ ID=12054 ]
- the Creator or lord of creatures, and an epithet for various gods, sages, and men  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रजापति (prajāpati) [Printed book page 332 ] प्रजापति (prajāpati) m. lord of creatures or of procreation, the Creator, E. of sev. gods & Ṛṣis, also N. of a separate god & sev. men. [ ID=20192 ]
- 1. Lord of creatures. 2. The genius presiding over procreation. 3. The creator.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > प्रजापति (prajāpati) [Printed book page 194-b ] prajā́-pati, m. —1. lord of creatures; —2. genius presiding over procreation, 89 19; —3. lord of creatures, i. e. creator or Prajāpati, 60 10, see note. [ acct, 1267a.] [ ID=2704 ]
- lord of creatures, mostly identified with Brahman  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > प्रजापति (prajāpati) [Printed book page 556-2 ] Prajāpati 1 (“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 Page557-a+ 63 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).— § 310 b (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 ).—§ 524 c (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.).— § 554 c (Gāṇḍīva): IV, 43, 1347 (had the Gāṇḍīva for 503 years, different from Braḥmán).—§ 554 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 56, 1770 ( °eḥ, sc. vimānaṃ ).—§ 554 d (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, 113 α, 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.—§ 603 d (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).—§ 615 b (Udapāna): Page557-b+ 63 IX, 36, 2072 ( °samāḥ, sc. Ekata, Dvita, and Trita).—§ 615 kk (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, 23 θ, 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 ).— § 660 b (Bhṛgu-Bharadvājasaṃv.): XII, 182, 6800 ( Brahmā ); 187, 6929 ( sṛṣṭiḥ P°er eṣā ); 190, 6982; 191, 6996; 192, 7023 (attained to Brahmaloka).—§ 662 b (Jāpakop.): XII, 200, 7341 ( Devadevaḥ ).—§ 665 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 208, 7578(?).—§ 667 (do.): XII, 217, 7845 (described the religion of pravṛtti).—§ 671 b (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 ).—§ 678 c (Mṛtyu-Prajāpatisaṃv.): XII, 258, (9167) (i.e. Brahmán). —§ 680 b (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 ).—§ 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 339, 12864 (= Mahāpuruṣa); 343, 13253 ( Viriñcaḥ, Kṛṣṇa identified with P.).—§ 717 d (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).— § 731 b (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.); 79 κ, 3780 ( °er lokaṃ ).—§ 747 (do.): XIII, 84, 3954, 3990 (told the story Suvarṇotpatti).—§ 747 b (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 ). —§ 772 i (Brahmán): XIII, 154, 7227 ( Brahmā ).—§ 773 b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159 β, †7387 (created from Kṛṣṇa).—§ 773 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 161, 7462 (composed the Śatarudriya).—§ 773 d (Śiva): XIII, 161, 749 ( devāḥ Page558-a+ 61 sa-P°ayaḥ, i.e. Brahmán).—§ 778 b (Saṃvartta-Maruttīya): XIV, 9, †236 ( lokāḥ…P°eḥ ), †241 ( °eḥ…lokāḥ ).— § 782 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 18, 524 ( asṛjat sarvabhūtāni pūrvadṛṣṭaḥ ).—§ 782 b (Brāhmaṇagītā): XIV, 21, 631, 647; 23, 707 ( Brahmā ), 708; 26, 751 ( °au pannagānāṃ Devarṣīnāṃ sāṃvidaṃ ), 752.—§ 782 g (Guruśiṣyasaṃv.): XIV, 35 δ, 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). [ ID=8511 ]
- 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*
  > प्रजापति (prajāpati) [Printed book page 2-404 ] Prajāpati (I) — a title of honour earned by Manu and the mind-born and other sons of Brahmā; 1 describes the creator; 2 anointment of the Dikpālas by; 3 Dakṣa a Prajāpati; 4 Nine in number, worshipped for the sake of progeny. 5 [ Footnote: 1) M. 1. 33.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. 4. 8.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. 8. 9.] [ Footnote: 4) Bhā. II. 6. 7; IV. 5. 17; VII. 12. 26; V. 23. 5; X. 54. 49.] [ Footnote: 5) Ib. I. 3. 27; II. 3. 2; VII. 8. 38.] [ ID=8469 ]

### 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*
  > प्रजा (prajā) पति (pati) (prajāpati) [Printed book page 560 ] प्रजा (prajā) पति (pati) (prajāpati) m. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) 1 A name of BRAHMĀ. 2 The epithet common to the ten divine personages, who were first created by BRAHMA; they are also termed Brahmādikas, and their names are MARĪCI, ATRI, AṄGIRAS, PULASTYA, PULAHA, KRATU, PRACETAS, VASIṢṬHA, BHṚGU, and NĀRADA: some authorities make the Prajāpatis only seven in number, others reduce them to three, or DAKṢA, NĀRADA, and BHṚGU, and others make them twenty-one. 3 A king, a sovereign. 4 A father. 5 A son-in-law, a daughter's husband. 6 The sun. 7 Fire. 8 A name of VIŚVAKARMA. E. प्रजा (prajā) people or the world, and पति (pati) master. [ ID=25884 ]
- 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*
  > प्रजापति (prajāpati) [Printed book page 503-a ] प्रजा - पति (prajā-pati) ( तिः ) ((tiḥ)) 2. m. A name of Brahmā and of the sages he first created; a king; a father; a son-in-law; the sun; fire. [ ID=25370 ]
- 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*
  > प्रजापति (prajāpati) [Printed book page 459-42 ] प्रजा - पति (prajā-pati) m. 1. the lord of creation, M. xii.121; 2. an epithet of Brahman (m.), अस्याः सर्गविधौ प्रजापति (prajāpati) र्भूच्चंद्रो नु कांतिप्रदः (asyāḥ sargavidhau prajāpatirbhūccaṃdro nu kāṃtipradaḥ) Vikr. i.; 3. an epithet of Viśvakarman, the architect of gods; 4. the sun; 5. a king; 6. a son-in-law; 7. an epithet of Vishṇu. [ ID=23841 ]
- 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*
  > प्रजा (prajā) पति (pati) (prajāpati) [Printed book page 475-b ] प्रजा (prajā) पति (pati) (prajāpati) m. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) 1. A name of BRAHMĀ. 2. The epithet common to the ten divine personages, who were first created by BRAHMA; they are also termed Brahmādikas, and their names are MARICHI, ATRI, ANGIRAS, PULASTYA, PULAHA, KRATU, PRACHETAS, VASISHṬHA, BHRIGU, and NĀRADA: some authorities make the Page476-a+ 60 Prajāpatis only seven in number, others reduce them to three, such as DAKSHA, NĀRADA, and BHRIGU, and others make them twenty-one. 3. A king, a sovereign. 4. A father. 5. A son-in-law, a daughter's husband. 6. The sun. 7. Fire. 8. A name of VISWAKARMĀ, the architect of gods. E. प्रजा (prajā) people or the world, and पति (pati) master. [ ID=26259 ]
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Prajāpati 3 (do.) = Śiva: XII, 4520 ( Mahādevaḥ ), 10344 ( Tryakṣaḥ ); XIII, 594 ( Brahmāṇam asṛjat tasmād Devadevaḥ P°ḥ ), 1173 (1000 names 2 ). Cf. Prajāpati 1. [ ID=8513 ]
- Vishnu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Prajāpati 4 (do.) = Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa): II, 9; III, 510; XII, 1605, 1619, 1898 ( Vāsudevaṃ ), 2208 ( Viṣṇuṃ ); XIII, 6957 (Viṣṇu's 1000 names), 6970 (do.). Cf. Prajāpati 1. [ ID=8514 ]

### Specific Male Individuals/Authors (5 definitions)
- the name of several men and authors  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) N. of sev. men and authors, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=130885.2 ]
- the father of the Vasus  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 558-1 ] Prajāpati 2 (do.), the father of the Vasus. § 116 (Vasu, pl.): I, 66, 2581 ( Paitāmaho Manur (B. munir ) devas tasya putraḥ P°ḥ | tasyāṣṭau Vasavaḥ putrāḥ, = Dakṣa?, = Dharma?). [ ID=8512 ]
- the lord of Vairajaka Kalpa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Prajāpati (II) — the lord of Vairājaka Kalpa; wife Gāyatrī; son Snigdhasvara. Vā. 21. 41-2. [ ID=8470 ]
- the Veda-Vyasa of the second Dvapara  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Prajāpati (III) — the Veda-Vyāsa of the second Dvāpara. Vi. III. 3. 11. [ ID=8471 ]
- the son of Pramshu and father of Khanitra  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Prajāpati (IV) — the son of Prāmśu and father of Khanitra. Vi. IV. 1. 23. [ ID=8472 ]

### Class of Progenitors/Sages (3 definitions)
- An epithet applied to various sages and deities.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Prajāpati 5—22 (do.), said of different ṛṣis, etc.:— Agni : XIII, 4102. Bharata (the fire): III, 14137. Śaśabindu : XII, 7579. Śukra : XII, 1677 (only C.). Dakṣa : I, 2576, 3126 ( D° ), 3132, 3183 (? = Brahman?), 4808 ( D° ); V, 3040 ( D°, identified with Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu)); IX, 2018, 2046, 2054; XII, 7536 ( D° ), 7537, 7539 ( D° ), 7573 ( D° ), 10226 ( D° ), 10272 ( Prācetasasya D°sya ), 10277, 10323 ( D° ), 10331 ( D° ), 10340 ( D° ), 10346 ( D° ), 10461, 10463, 12415 ( D°, read P°eḥ ); XIII, 3711, 3718, 3722, 6830 ( D° ), 7468 ( D° ); XIV, 94 ( D° ), 2634 ( D° ). Cf. Prajānāṃ patiḥ. Havirdhāman : XIII, 6829. Indra : III, 12691 ( Mahendraḥ ), 12692 ( I° ). Kaśyapa : I, 1204, 1440 ( K° ), 1451 ( K° ), 1452, 1456, 1457, 1465; III, 12955 (read Ka° with B., Nārayaṇa identi- fied with K.), 14257 ( °eḥ kanyā Devasenā ), 14258; VI, 215 ( K° ); XII, 13248 ( K° ). Kapila : XII, 7889 ( K° ). Kardama : XII, 2212 ( K° ). Kṣupa : XII, 4485 ( K° ). Cf. Prajānām adhipa(ḥ). Manu : I, 3756 ( M° ); III, 8115 ( Manoḥ P°er lokaṃ ); XII, 1293 ( M° ), 1294, 1295, 5236 ( M° ), 7366 ( M° ), 7367, 7587 ( M° ); XIII, 88 ( M° ), 4678 ( M° ), 7683 ( M° ). Pṛthu Vainya : XIII, 7126. Soma (the Moon): V, 5042 ( S° ). Sviṣṭakṛt (the fire): III, 14194. Tvaṣṭṛ : V, 229 ( T° ), 272 ( T° ). Viśvakarman : I, 8186 ( Bhaumanaḥ ). Vīraṇa : XII, 13587 ( V° ). [ ID=8515 ]
- lord of creatures or creator  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Prajāpati, pl. ( °ayaḥ ) (do.). § 403 b (Payoṣṇī): III, 121, 10292 (the gods with Indra and the P. performed sacrifices at the river Payoṣṇī).—§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstramokṣap.): VII, 202 ηη, 9502 ( °īnāṃ prathamaṃ, sc. Śiva).—§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna): VIII, 34 αα, 1446 ( °ibhir ījyate, sc. Page558-b+ 63 Śiva).—§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 87, 4428 (came to see the battle).—§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 17, 774 ( sapta Dakṣādīṃs tu P°īn | yair imaṃ vyakarot sarvaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidhaṃ ). —§ 660 b (Bhṛgu-Bharadvājasaṃv.): XII, 188, 6930 ( arsṛjad brāhmaṇān evaṃ pūrvaṃ Brahmā P°īn ).—§ 665 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 208, 7571.—§ 704 (do.): XII, 301, 11060; 302 β, 11106 ( °īnāṃ viṣayān ), (γ), (11125).—§ 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 335 α, 12687 (twenty-one in number, enumerated); 340 θ, 12917.—§ 747 b (Suvarṇotpatti): XIII, 85, 4067 ( °gaṇān ), 4151 (i.e. the eight sons of Kavi).—§ 782 g (Guruśi- ṣyasaṃv.): XIV, 44 ι, 1223 ( ahaṃ P°īnāñ ca, sc. ādiḥ, says Brahmán). Cf. Prajānāṃ patayaḥ. [ ID=8516 ]
- a group of twelve Prajapatis consisting of Kardama, Kashyapa, Shesha, Vikranta, Sushrava, Bahuputra, Kumara, Vivasvan, Shuchishravas, Pracetas, Arishtanemi, and Bahula  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Prajāpatis — Prajeśvaras; they are Kardama, Kaśyapa, Śeṣa, Vikrānta, Suśrāva, Bahuputra, Kumāra, Vivasvān, Śuciśravas, Pracetas, Ariṣṭanemi and Bahula. Vā. 65. 53-54. [ ID=8473 ]

### Astronomical/Astrological Term (2 definitions)
- 1. The planet Mars. 2. A particular star, delta Aurigae.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) the planet Mars, a partic. star, δ Aurigae, Sūryasiddhānta (Title) [ ID=130885.14 ]
- born of time  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) (in astrol. ) = 2. काल - नर (kāla-nara), q.v. [ ID=130885.16 ]

### Feminine Counterpart/Named Woman (2 definitions)
- A matron or lady  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 658,3] प्रजा (prajā) — पती (—patī) ( ° जा - (°jā-) ), f. a matron, lady, Divyāvadāna (Title) [ ID=130885.22 ]
- Name of Gautama Buddha's aunt and nurse  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Gautama Buddha 's aunt and nurse (with the patr. Gautamī, the first woman who assented to his doctrines), Lalita-vistara (Title) [ ID=130885.24 ]

### Human Familial Roles (2 definitions)
- a father  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) a father, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=130885.06 ]
- a son-in-law  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) a son-in-law, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=130885.1 ]

### Species of Insect (1 definition)
- a species of insect  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) a species of insect, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=130885.18 ]

### Temporal Ruler (King/Prince) (1 definition)
- a king, prince  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ° जा - (°jā-) ) a king, prince, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=130885.08 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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