Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- पिता
- Transliteration
- pitā
- Rejected alternatives
- ब्रह्मा, प्रजापतिः
Father
God as personal Father. Never ब्रह्मा (the creator deity of the Purāṇic trimūrti) or प्रजापतिः (the Vedic ‘lord of creatures,’ a distinct creator-figure category in Brāhmaṇa literature).