masculine · pajāpati 1 · pajāpati 2
the lord of creation
Pajāpati (°ī) 1. (masculine) [Vedic prajāpati, prajā + pati Lord of all created beings, Lord of Creation] Prajāpati (proper name), the supreme Lord of men, only in one formula together with Inda and Brahmā, viz. devā sa-indakā sa-brahmakā sa-pajāpatikā D II 274 (without sa-brahmakā); S III 900 = A V 325. Otherwise sa-pajāpatika in sense of the following. Also at Vibh-a 497 with Brahmā. 2. prajāpati (feminine) [of Vedic prajāvant, adjective/noun from prajā "having (or rich in) progeny," with p for v, as pointed out by Trenckner "Notes" 62 16 ] "one who has offspring," a chief wife of a man of the higher class (like a king, in which case = "chief queen") or a gahapati, in which case simply "wife"; cf. BHS prajāpatī "lady" Divy 2, 98. — Vin I 23; III 25; IV 18, 258; S II 243; A I 137 (catasso °iyo); IV 210, 214; Vv 41 6 (= one of the 16,000 chief queens of Sakka Vv-a 183); Dhp-a I 73; Pv-a 21, 31. sa-pajāpatika (adjective) together with his wife Vin I 23, 342; IV 62; Ja I 345; Pv-a 20.
<b> <c c="#a00149">Pajāpati</c> </b> <br>One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.2</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.219</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.i.244</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.274</c> <br>He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.140</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.327</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.329</c> <br>In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.204</c> he is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in times of danger.<br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, comp) overlord; lord of creation; creator god lord of creation [lit.] lord of people Construction: pajā + pati
(fem, fem, comp) wife; consort [lit.] with progeny Construction: pajā + pati