Purusha
Purusha is described as the father of Agni (Kumara) in the Shatapatha Brahmana.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Shatapatha Brahmana as father of Kumara (Agni).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ganapati, Prajapati, Yama-Yami, Vishvarupa, Harihara, Gajalakshmi, Devi Kanya Kumari, Prakriti, Kārtikeya, Śiva, Kubera, Rudra, Banasura
- consort of
- Uṣas
- child of
- Adi Parashakti
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Agni is described as Kumara, whose mother is Ushas (goddess Dawn) and whose father is Purusha.”
#11975 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Upanishad's Atman ("Self") in the form of the androgynous cosmic man Purusha and the androgynous myths of the Greek Hermaphroditus and Phrygian Agdistis. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says that Purusha splits himself into two parts, male and female, and the two halves copulate, producing all life”
#22227 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The feminine aspects of Adi Parashakti (in its manifested and un-manifested forms) are called as Prakriti, and the male aspects are called as Purusha. The Prakriti is addressed in different names by different Hindu communities as Adi-parashakti, Bhadra, Shakti, Devi, Bhagavati, Amman, Rajarajeshwari, Shodashi; in different locations. All the material manifested aspects the Nature is classified as feminine and is the Prakriti or Mother Goddess and also the un-manifested forms Knowledge, Prosperit”
#30565 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001