Prajapati
deity sky Hindu single tradition · 9
Prajapati is mentioned in the context of Sun worship in Hinduism.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Rig Veda.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Vasus, Rohita, Rohinī, hiranya-garbha, Pūṣan, Ratri, Raka, Aranyani, Dinsana, Puramdhi, Parendi, Mahi, Sri, Yama-Yami, Vishvarupa, Harihara, Gajalakshmi, Savitri, Tvashtri, Bharati, Ila, Sarasvant, Śiva, Ashvins, Savitr, Dhatr, Vishnu, Bhaga, Rudra, Indra, Prithvi, Deva, devi, Nirṛti, Kubera, Purusha, Uṣas, Agni, Soma, Mitra, Saraswati, Varuna, Brihaspati, Pushan, Marut, Ashura, Aditi
- parent of
- Shri-Lakshmi
- creator of
- Vāc
Mentioned by
- Śiva
- Ashvins
- Savitr
- Dhatr
- Vishnu
- Bhaga
- Rudra
- Indra
- Prithvi
- Deva
- devi
- Nirṛti
- Kubera
- Purusha
- Uṣas
- Agni
and 10 more
Sources
Source passages
“Prajapati”
#15513 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Satapatha Brahmana (v. 12, 3, 5), Savitr has been identified with Prajapati and in the Taittiriya Brahmana (v. 1, 6, 4), it has been stated that Prajapati becoming Savitr created living beings.”
#17200 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra (later given the exclusive epithet of Shiva), and Prajapati (later Brahma) are gods and hence Devas.”
#22169 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Vedic literature's composite figure of Yama-Yami, the Vedic descriptions of the primordial Creator Vishvarupa or Prajapati and the fire-god Agni as "bull who is also a cow,"”
#22225 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He is identified with the Vedic creator god, Prajapati.”
#22310 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5