Prajāpati
प्रजापति prajāpati'Lord of creatures,' the creator figure of the Brāhmaṇa texts, whose creative role is inherited by the later god Brahmā.
Where this term appears
- The Gayatri Mantra Worship
The Gayatri Mantra is Rigveda 3.62.10, a single Vedic verse ascribed to the seer Vishvamitra and addressed to Savitr, the Impeller, the god who sets things in…
- Brahma, Brahman, Brahmin: what's the difference? Journal
He inherits the role of the older Vedic creator figures, Prajāpati, "the lord of creatures," and Hiraṇyagarbha, "the golden womb" from which the cosmos hatches.