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and the three Vedas, 1, 70; 44, 102 sq.; the seed of P. are the Devas, 1, 205; 41, 194 sq.; 43, 220; the creator, 2, 160; 12, xviii, 173, 196 n., 205 n., 296, 322-7, 342, 384-91; 15, 97, 272 sq., 292 sq.; 25, 173 sq., 330, 400; 26, 213 sq., 302, 429 sq.; 34, 203 sq.; 38, 206; 41, 80 sq., 112, 145-61, 173, 250, 252, 299, 312, 346, 359, 402, 407, 412; 42, 217; 43, 3-12, 32 sq., 67, 71-6, 289 sq., 304, 350, 361; 44, 12-15; 48, 540; a form of Krishna, 8, 97; he who had been first created, created all creatures, 8, 244; fixed a limit of time for the migrations of creatures, 8, 244; the presiding deity of the generative organ, 8, 338; is lord of all peoples, 8, 347; the god above all other gods, 8, 353; 43, xx, 76; created all this by the mind only, 8, 388; as a boar, P. creates the earth, 12, 280 n.; 44, 451, 451 n.; created Agni, 12, 283, 283 n.; produced creatures, food, &c., by means of sacrifice, 12, 445; 41, 47, 283, 286 sq.; P., Hiranyagarbha, and Brahman Svayambhû, 15, xxxix; is the highest Brahman, 15, 190, 303; 41, 353; 43, xxiv; 44, 409, 409 n.; Brahman produced P., P. the Devas, 15, 191; milked out the sacred syllables from the three Vedas, 25, 44; having created beings, felt himself exhausted, and strengthened himself by sacrifices, 26, 217-21; draws to himself everything here, 26, 307; seasons produced from P., 26, 318; is the bull, the male, the bestower of seed, 26, 360, 368 sq.; there are thirty-three gods, P. is the thirtyfourth, 26, 411; 41, 9, 79; 44, 151, 211; over and above the three worlds, 26, 424; rules over the procreation of children, 29, 45; 30, 200; 42, 97 sq., 357, 461; the sons of P., the serpents, 29, 204; called Hiranyagarbha, 32, 6, 10; birth of P., whose body is this threefold world, 34, 142; 44, 458 n.; Agni, or the gods, restored the relaxed P., 41, 150-4, 168-70, 174 sq., 312-14, 319, 345, 367, 374, 377, 380, 394, 396, 414; 43, 28, 31, 36, 42, 54, 60, 142, 157, 229, 238 sq., 270, 282,
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341; is the great god, 41, 160; he created by means of the Vishnustrides, 41, 276, 283, 286 sq.; is both the gods and men, 41, 290; Visvakarman (the all-former) is P., 41, 311, 378; 43, 28, 37, 233; amulet created by P., 42, 86; produced Gandharvas and Apsaras, 43, 229; Father P., 43, 309, 312 sq.; constructs himself a body so as to contain the whole threefold lore, 43, 352-4; Agni, Indra, Soma, and Parameshthin Prâgâpatya created out of P., 44, 15; creates Srî, 44, 62; was becoming heated (by fervid devotion), whilst creating living beings, 44, 62; fashioned for himself a body by means of the seasonal sacrifices, 44, 74-8; by the womb of woman P. bore creatures, 44, 114; made the worlds firm and steadied, 44, 126; creates and performs sacrifices, 44, 239, 284; the most vigorous of the gods, 44, 278; created the Virâg, 44, 310; trees from which the twenty-one sacrificial stakes are made, originated from parts of P.'s body, 44, 373 sq.; behind P. are all the gods, 44, 393; evolved names and forms by means of the Veda, 48, 332; creates the Rishis gifted so as to see the Mantras, 48, 332 sq.; the supreme reality (Nârâyana), 48, 522;-Pragâpatis (plur.), the patriarchs, or creators of the world, 8, 354, 387 n.; the P. Manu, 25, xiii, lvii, lxiv, 419; 41, 250; ten lords of created beings produced by Manu, 25, 14; seven Ps., Manvantaras, 25, 19; Nârada reckoned among the Ps., 33, 2 n. (b)
OTHER MYTHOLOGICAL CON
CEPTIONS OF P.
Hall of P., 1, 143; world of P., on the path of the gods, 1, 275; 8, 389, 389 n.; 14, 309; 15, 131, 172, 176, 337; 25, 157; 38, 386; 48, 747-9; Indra and P., doorkeepers in the world of Brahman, 1, 275 sq., 277; Sûrya, son of P., 1, 313; his incest with his daughter, 12, 208-13, 209 n., 284 n.; 41, 159 n.; 44, 36 n.; Mrigasîrsha is the head or body of P., 12, 284 sq., 284 n.; performs sacrifices, 12, 303, 323, 334, 375 sq.; 41, 256; 44, 239,
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