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Brahma

Four-faced creator; grandfather of beings

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Bhagavata PuranaPitamahaPitamahaSvayambhuSvayambhuHiranyagarbhaHiranyagarbha

Four-faced creator; grandfather of beings

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Biography

Brahma projects the manifest cosmos and fathers the mind-born progenitors (Prajapatis), including the Saptarshis of the current tradition.

Primary sources

  • Bhagavata Purana · Skandha 3 · ch. 8, 12
  • Vishnu Purana · Amsha 1 · ch. 5, 7

Variant traditions

  • Number of Prajapatis

    Bhagavata Purana 3.12 lists nine mind-born sons plus Narada; Manu Smriti 1.34, 35 lists ten; some Mahabharata redactions list seven. Divine follows the Bhagavata list and records variants.

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Timeline

  1. Order 1 · earliest cited

    Creation

    The opening of cosmic order, Prajapati, Manu, and the lineages that frame the epic world.

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  • Creation

    Participated inTraditional

    Mahabharata · Adi ParvaBhagavata Purana · Skandha 3

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Genealogy

Open lineageCosmic CreationTrimurtiMajor DevisPrajapatisSaptarshisDevasAsurasDaityasDanavasRakshasasMajor Rishis

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