Pāli Dictionary

pajāpati

Part of speech

noun

cosmology

  • lord of creation; overlord; creator god (Prajāpati)

  • MN 1

    pajāpatiṃ pajāpatito sañjānāti, pajāpatiṃ pajāpatito saññatvā pajāpatiṃ maññati, pajāpatismiṃ maññati, pajāpatito maññati, pajāpatiṃ me'ti maññati, pajāpatiṃ abhinandati. taṃ kissa hetu? apariññātaṃ tassā'ti vadāmi.

  • MN 49

    ahesuṃ kho ye, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṃ… pajāpatigarahakā pajāpatijigucchakā, brahmagarahakā brahmajigucchakā, te kāyassa bhedā pāṇ'upacchedā hīne kāye patiṭṭhitā ahesuṃ.

general

  • wife; consort; chief queen

pajāpatī

approximate

pajāstempatistemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • wife; consort

  • AN 3.35

    telappadīpo c'ettha jhāyeyya, catasso ca pajāpatiyo manāpamanāpena paccupaṭṭhitā assu. taṃ kiṃ maññasi, kumāra, sukhaṃ vā so sayeyya no vā? kathaṃ vā te ettha hotī'ti?

  • MN 56

    bhūtapubbaṃ, bhante, aññatarassa brāhmaṇassa jiṇṇassa vuḍḍhassa mahallakassa daharā māṇavikā pajāpatī ahosi gabbhinī upavijaññā.

  • chief queen; first lady; royal consort

  • AN 8.53

    ekam'antaṃ ṭhitā kho sā mahāpajāpatī gotamī bhagavantaṃ etadavoca

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Pajāpati
Person

  • A name given to Māra, referring to his power over all creatures.

DN 32MN 1MN 22MN 49SN 11.3SN 22.79AN 11.10
Pajāpati2
Other

  • One of the kings of the devas, mentioned alongside Sakka, Varuṇa, and Īsāna, and included among the great spirits invoked for protection.

Pajāpati3
Other

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to the entry on Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī.

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