Prajapati
प्रजापति
prajāpati
Prajapati is a Vedic God
In Purana, Prajapati is son of Brahma and is the progenitor of all animate and in animate things.
Prajapati is addressed in RV (10.121) and in many other Vedic verses as a Deva
During a debate in Janaka sabha, Saakalya asked: “Who is Prajapati ?”
Yajnavalkya replied (from BrU ): “Prajapati is our conscience. It is the effulgence of sacrifice in our lives”
Brahma had created sixteen Prajapatis, for effecting the creation of the universe. Different text mention slightly different list. Valmiki Ramayana, Aranyakanda, Sarga 14 gives a list of 16 Prajapatis and that is mentioned below.
1) Kardama 2) Vikrita 3) Sesa 4) Samsraya 5) Sthanu 6) Marici 7) Atri 8) Kratu 9 ) Pulastya 10) Angiras 11) Pracetas 12) Pulaha 13) Daksa 14) Vivasvan 15) Aristanemi 16) Kasyapa
| Word | Sanskrit | IAST | In General | Veda | Purana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prajapati vidya | प्रजापति विद्या | prajāpati vidyā | Upanishad uses the word vidya as a technique to do spiritual Sadana. It is meditation and... | Prajapati vidya is told in Chandogya Upanishad (8.7 – 8.12) is an inquisitive minds... | Read More | |
| Anala , daughter of Daksha Prajapati | अनला | analā | A daughter of Daksha Prajapati. Trees, creepers etc. owe their origin to Anala. Aditi and Diti are... | Read More | ||
| Daksha Prajapati | दक्ष प्रजापति | dakṣa prajāpati | Daksha Prajapati is the progenitors of all the animate and inanimate beings and things created in... | Daksha is a Vedic God. The Rigveda mention both Daksha and Aditi as spring from each other. ... | Purana says Dahsha married to Prasuti, the grand daughter of Manu and to them large number of... | Read More |
| Prajapati vidya | प्रजापति विद्या | prajāpati vidyā | Upanishad uses the word vidya as a technique to do spiritual Sadana. It is meditation and... | Prajapati vidya is told in Chandogya Upanishad (8.7 – 8.12) is an inquisitive minds... | Read More |