prAjApatya a. [ prajApatirdevatA'sya yak ] 1 Sacred to Prajāpati. 2 Born of Prajāpati (Brahmā); Ku. 6. 34. 3 Belonging to Prajāpati; R. 10. 52. — tyaH 1 One of the eight forms of marriage in Hindu law, in which the father gives his daughter to the bridegroom without receiving any present from him in order that the two may live happily and faithfully together; sahoBO caratAM Darmamiti vAcAnuBAzya ca . kanyApradAnamaByarcyaM prAjApatyo viDiH smftaH .. Ms. 3. 30 ; or ityuktvA caratAM DarmaM saha yA dIyate'rTine . sa kAyaH ( i. e. prAjApatyaH ) pAvayettajjaH zaw zaqvaMSyAnsahAtmanA Y. 1. 60. 2 N. of the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā ( prayAga ); (also n. ). 3 (with tiTi ) The eighth day in the dark half of the month of Pauṣa. 4 N of Viṣṇu. 5 A kind of fast or penance; tryahaM prAtastryahaM sAyaM tryahamadyAdayAcitam . tryahaM paraM ca na SnayIt prAjApatpamiti smftam .. . 6 The heaven of the Manes ( pitfloka ). — tyaM Giving away the whole of one's property before entering upon the life of an ascetic.