In some Brahmana texts, his role remains ambiguous since he co-creates with the powers with goddess Vāc (sound).
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His role peaked in the Brahmanas layer of Vedic text, then declined to being a group of helpers in the creation process. His role varies within the Vedic texts such as being one who created heaven and earth, all of water and beings, the chief, the father of gods, the creator of devas and asuras, the cosmic egg and the Purusha (spirit).
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These range from being the creator god to being same as one of the following: Brahma, Agni, Indra, Vishvakarma, Daksha and many others. Prajapati is described in many ways and inconsistently in Hindu texts, both in the Vedas and in the post-Vedic texts. The cosmic egg concept linked to Prajapati and Protogonos is common in many parts of the world, states David Leeming, which appears in later Orphic cult in Greece. Kate Alsobrook, The Beginning of Time: Vedic and Orphic Theogonies and Poetics Īccording to Robert Graves, the name of /PRA-JĀ-pati/ ('progeny-potentate') is etymologically equivalent to that of the oracular god at Colophon (according to Makrobios ), namely /prōtogonos/. Protogonos is the Orphic equivalent of Vedic Prajapati in several ways: he is the first god born from a cosmic egg, he is the creator of the universe, and in the figure of Dionysus- a direct descendant of Protogonos-worshippers participate in his death and rebirth. Indo-European Ī possible connection between Prajapati (and related figures in Indian tradition) and the Prōtogonos ( Ancient Greek: Πρωτογόνος, literally "first-born") of the Greek Orphic tradition has been proposed: Scholars such as Renou, Keith and Bhattacharji posit Prajapati originated as an abstract or semi-abstract deity in the later Vedic milieu as speculations evolved from the archaic to more learned speculations. His profile gradually rises in the Vedas, peaking within the Brahmanas. Prajapati is younger than Savitr, and the word was originally an epithet for the sun. He is missing from the Samhita layer of Vedic literature, conceived in the Brahmana layer, states Jan Gonda. He appears late in the Vedic layer of texts, and the hymns that mention him provide different cosmological theories in different chapters.
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"An attempt to depict the creative activities of Prajapati", a steel engraving from the 1850s.