Brahma in Malayalam
Brahma the creator is named പ്രജാപതി (prajapathi) in Malayalam devotional and literary usage. The epithet means lord of creatures and is the one most readers recognise. ധാതാവ് (dhaathaav), the maker, is a second name for the same god.
Brahma, sun, king, father, Vishnu, penis.
പ്രജാപതി എന്ന വാക്കിന് പല അർത്ഥങ്ങളുണ്ട്.
prajapathi enna vaakkinu pala arththangalundu.
The word prajapathi has many meanings.
All Malayalam words for “brahma”
- പ്രജാപതി (prajapathi) — Brahma, sun, king, father, Vishnu, penis.
- ധാതാവ് (dhaathaav) — Brahma.
- കവി (kavi) — Poet, poetry, scholar, ascetic, sage Valmiki, Brahma, seer, sage Shukra.
- പൂവന് (poovan) — Cock, male bird, one having flower, a kind of plantain, tree that doesn't bear fruit, Brahma.
- വിധി (vidhi) — Fate, destiny, fortune, nemesis, Karma, result of one's Karma (deed) in the previous birth, order, Brahma, law, rule, verdict, judgement.
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മവിദ്യ (adhyathmavidhya) — Knowledge of the Soul, knowledge of brahma.
പ്രജാപതി (prajapathi) and ധാതാവ് (dhaathaav) are epithets of Brahma; കവി (kavi), പൂവന് (poovan) and വിധി (vidhi) carry the sense only as rare poetic extensions, and അദ്ധ്യാത്മവിദ്യ (adhyathmavidhya) is knowledge of brahma, not the deity.
Common questions
How do you say Brahma in Malayalam?
പ്രജാപതി (prajapathi) is the usual name; ധാതാവ് (dhaathaav) also appears in verse.
Does പ്രജാപതി (prajapathi) have other meanings?
Yes, the entry lists sun, king, father and Vishnu among them.