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| Pali | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward |
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| Paj¤pati | The Creator | Hare | Pajapati | Punnaji | Pajapati | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Pajapati | Walshe | Woodward |
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Paj¤pati: [Vedic praj¤pati, praj¤ + pati Lord of all created beings, Lord of Creation] Praj¤pati (Np.), the supreme Lord of men, only mentioned in one formula together with Inda and Brahm¤, viz. dev¤ saindak¤ sabrahmak¤ sapaj¤patik¤ in sense of foll. 2. praj¤pati (f.) [of Ved. praj¤vant, adj.-n. fr. praj¤ "having (or rich in) progeny," with p for v] "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" |
This gets into Hindu cosmology a little. In this case although it is possible to say All is Brahma, and arrive at a concept very similar to the Western Judeo/Christian "God"; this "one" is a "station" occupied by a multiplicity of beings existing together simultaneously as well as sequentially occupying the same office. Pajapati is one of the Brahmas, the one identified with The Creation of The World. That important "Mother Figures" are, on Earth, called Pajapati reflects this role as creator. Then it gets more complicated. Pajapati is also a name for Mara, or Death. This reflects the delimma discussed in "Pajapati's Problem", namely that the One who creates has by that creation also caused the death or ending of that creation.
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