Prajāpati
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- Etymology
- Origins
- Similar Deities
- Texts
- Vedas
- Upanishads
- Post-Vedic texts
- "Prajapati" as a title
- A list of sixteen found in the Mahabharata includes
- A list of sixteen found in the Ramayana includes
- A list of ten in the Hindu scriptures includes
- A list of seven in the Hindu Puranas includes
- Beyond the Indian subcontinent and Hinduism
- See also
- References
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thumb|Brahma as Prajapati with the same iconographical features of Brahma, a statue from [[Tamil Nadu]]
Prajapati (, ) is a Vedic deity of Hinduism. He is later identified with Brahma, the creator god.
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