In Hinduism, Prajapati (Sanskrit: प्रजापति (IAST: {IAST|prajā-pati})) `lord of creatures` is a group Hindu deity presiding over procreation, and protection of life. Vedic commentators also identify him with the creator referred to in the Nasadiya Sukta. ==Prajapati in Vedas== According to later beliefs in the post-Vedic Era, the..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajapati
(Skr.) 'Lord of creatures', originally applied to various Vedic (q.v.) gods, it assumed as early as the Rig Veda the importance of a first philosophical principle of creation, and later of time as suggestive of gestation and productive periodicity. -- K.F.L. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203