prajā—pati (°jā-), m. ‘lord of creatures’, N. of Savitṛ, Soma, Agni, Indra &c., [RV.]; [AV.]
(°jā-) a divinity presiding over procreation, protector of life, [ib.]; [VS.]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.]; [BhP.]
(°jā-) lord of creatures, creator, [RV.] &c. &c. (N. of a supreme god above or among the Vedic deities [[RV.] (only [x, 21, 10]); [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]] but in later times also applied to Viṣṇu, Śiva, Time personified, the sun, fire, &c., and to various progenitors, esp. to the 10 lords of created beings first created by Brahmā, viz. Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaka, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Pracetas or Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, Nārada [[Mn. i, 34]; cf. [IW. 206 n. 1]], of whom some authorities count only the first 7, others the last 3)
(°jā-) a father, [L.]
(°jā-) a king, prince, [L.]
(°jā-) a son-in-law, [L.]
(°jā-) the planet Mars, a partic. star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.]
(°jā-) (in astrol.) = 2. kāla-nara, q.v.
(°jā-) a species of insect, [L.]
(°jā-) N. of sev. men and authors, [Cat.]