Editing Prajapati (section)

=="Prajapati" as a title==

Prajapati is also a title in Hindu cosmology. According to the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, Brahma initially created twenty-one Prajapatis to facilitate the process of creation. <ref>Mani, Vettam (1975). ''Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature''. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 0842608222. Retrieved from [https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft Internet Archive] on [access date].</ref> 

===A list of sixteen found in the Mahabharata includes ===

# [[Shiva]]
# [[Vaivasvata Manu]]
# [[Daksha]] 
# [[Bhrigu]] 
# Dharma
# Tapa
# [[Yama]] 
# [[Marichi|Marici]] 
# [[Angiras (sage)|Angiras]] 
# [[Atri]] 
# [[Pulastya]] 
# [[Pulaha]] 
# [[Kratu]] 
# [[Vasishtha]] 
# Parameshti
# [[Surya]] 
# [[Chandra]] 
# [[Kardama]] 
# Krodha
# Vikrita                 
# [[Brahma]].<ref name="Dalal2010p311"/><ref name="Williams2008p234"/>

===A list of sixteen found in the Ramayana includes ===

# [[Angiras]]
# Arishtanemi
# [[Atri]] 
# [[Daksha]] 
# [[Kardama]] 
# [[Kashyapa]] 
# [[Kratu]] 
# [[Marichi]] 
# [[Prachetas]] 
# [[Pulaha]] 
# [[Pulastya]]
# Samshraya
# [[Shesha]] 
# [[Vasishtha]] &emsp;
# [[Chandra]]
# [[Surya]].<ref name="Dalal2010p311"/>

===A list of ten in the Hindu scriptures includes===

# [[Marichi]] 
# [[Angiras]] 
# [[Atri]] 
# [[Pulastya]] 
# [[Pulaha]] 
# [[Kratu]] 
# [[Vasishtha]] 
# [[Daksha]] 
# [[Bhrigu]]
# [[Narada]].<ref name=" Dalal2010p311"/>

===A list of seven in the Hindu Puranas includes===

# [[Marichi]] 
# [[Angiras]] 
# [[Atri]] 
# [[Pulastya]] 
# [[Pulaha]] 
# [[Kratu]] 
# [[Vasishtha]].<ref name=" Dalal2010p311"/>

Their creative role varies. [[Pulaha]], for example, is the son of [[Brahma]] and [[Saraswati|Sarasvati]] and he is a great rishi. As one of the Prajapatis, he creates animals and plants.<ref>{{cite book|author=Roshen Dalal|title= Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC |year=2010 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6|page=316}}</ref>