प्रजापति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰজাপতি (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬚᬵᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- প্রজাপতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰕𑰯𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑀸𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ပြဇာပတိ (Burmese script)
- પ્રજાપતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌾𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦗꦴꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂔𑂰𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ (Kannada script)
- ប្រជាបតិ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣຊາປຕິ (Lao script)
- പ്രജാപതി (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠᡯᠠ᠊ᠠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘕𑘰𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᠽᠠᢗᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦵𑧑𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐖𑐵𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରଜାପତି (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢙꢵꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆘𑆳𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖕𑖯𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ප්රජාපති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩣𑩛𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚑𑚭𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- ப்ரஜாபதி (Tamil script)
- ప్రజాపతి (Telugu script)
- ปฺรชาปติ (Thai script)
- པྲ་ཛཱ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒖𑒰𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨥𑨊𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of प्रजा (prajā́, “creatures”) + पति (páti, “lord”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.d͡ʑɑ́ː.pɐ.ti/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.d͡ʑɑː.pɐ.t̪i/
Noun
प्र॒जाप॑ति • (prajā́pati) stem, m
- (Vedic religion, Hinduism) Prajapati, a deity later identified with Brahma.
- a creator god
- father
- king
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्र॒जाप॑तिः (prajā́patiḥ) | प्र॒जाप॑ती (prajā́patī) | प्र॒जाप॑तयः (prajā́patayaḥ) |
| accusative | प्र॒जाप॑तिम् (prajā́patim) | प्र॒जाप॑ती (prajā́patī) | प्र॒जाप॑तीन् (prajā́patīn) |
| instrumental | प्र॒जाप॑तिना (prajā́patinā) प्र॒जाप॑त्या¹ (prajā́patyā¹) |
प्र॒जाप॑तिभ्याम् (prajā́patibhyām) | प्र॒जाप॑तिभिः (prajā́patibhiḥ) |
| dative | प्र॒जाप॑तये (prajā́pataye) | प्र॒जाप॑तिभ्याम् (prajā́patibhyām) | प्र॒जाप॑तिभ्यः (prajā́patibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्र॒जाप॑तेः (prajā́pateḥ) प्र॒जाप॑त्यः¹ (prajā́patyaḥ¹) |
प्र॒जाप॑तिभ्याम् (prajā́patibhyām) | प्र॒जाप॑तिभ्यः (prajā́patibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्र॒जाप॑तेः (prajā́pateḥ) प्र॒जाप॑त्यः¹ (prajā́patyaḥ¹) |
प्र॒जाप॑त्योः (prajā́patyoḥ) | प्र॒जाप॑तीनाम् (prajā́patīnām) |
| locative | प्र॒जाप॑तौ (prajā́patau) प्र॒जाप॑ता¹ (prajā́patā¹) |
प्र॒जाप॑त्योः (prajā́patyoḥ) | प्र॒जाप॑तिषु (prajā́patiṣu) |
| vocative | प्रजा॑पते (prájāpate) | प्रजा॑पती (prájāpatī) | प्रजा॑पतयः (prájāpatayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “प्रजापति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 658, columns 2-3.