Lord Brahma. Brahma is a hindu God called, a creator” within trimurti the trinity of the supreme divinity, which includes Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. Saraswati was wife of Lord Brahma, though some stories claim that she was originally married to the Lord Vishnu. Brahma had four heads, and Saraswati had four hands symbolizing these four heads. Brahma is associated with creation, knowledge, and Vedas. In some Puranas, he created himself in a golden embryo known as Hiranyagarbha. In the Puranas, Brahma is considered to be a creator of this universe and father of all the subjects. Initially he created Prajapatis. Prajapatis, further, created the subjects. There is no reference to Chaturmukha Brahman in the Vedic texts. We find different names of Brahma, for example Dhata or Vidhata in Vedic texts & Purana. Brahma has been mentioned in the Upanishads as a philosopher and a teacher. Upanishads do not consider, Brahma as a creator of the universe. In Vrihad Upanishad, Brahma is called a disciple of a teacher namely Parameshtan. He was the first person to be born, in the universe. He provided Brahmavidya to Atharvan and Narad, while Prajapati was given the knowledge of Brahma-Upanishad by Brahma. According to Upanishad, Brahma was a Ritwija. At the time of the creation of the universe, Brahma himself, has assumed these three forms i.e. Brahma, the creator of the universe, Vishnu the maintainer of the universe and Rudra the destroyer of the universe. In the Puranas, he is called Chaturmukh, according to which all the Vedic literature and texts are derived from these four faces of Brahma.
From the eastern face, Gayatri verses, Rigveda, Trivritt, Rathantar, etc. are derived From the Southern face, Yajurveda, Panchdasha, Rik Samuh, Samaveda, Sapridash, Rik Brihat Samuh, and Ukthayagya. From the western face:- Vairup Sama and Ati Ratrayagya and From the north face:- Atharvveda, Ekvinsh, Rik Samuh, Anushtub Chand and Vairaj Sam, are derived. After the creation of the Vedas, Brahma created his Manas sons – Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulah, Kratu, Daksha, Bhrigu and Vasishtha. This description is obtained from the Brahmanda Purana. There is a book written by Brahma on Vastu Shastra and another book of one lakh chapters called ‘Dand Niti’. This book was condensed into ten thousand chapters and named “Vaisalaksha”. Indra reduced it to five thousand chapters called “Bahudantak”, Brihaspati reduced it to three thousand, Shukracharya, to one thousand and Prajapati further reduced it. Modern scholars have considered Brahma as the main scholar of every age, not considering him as a single person.
Prajapati: In a hymn of the Rigveda, Prajapati has been called the supreme deity of the earth. In the philosophy of Upanishads it is called ‘Parabrahma and Vishvatma. Whenever there is any doubt as regards philosophy of material sciences, then everyone i.e Devatas, demons, humans all go to Prajapati and Prajapati solves their doubts. According to various Puranas, Kashyapa created, all the subjects. After establishing all the immovable and movable subjects, the chief among them was made a Prajapati, and thereafter in sequence, states were created. Thereafter he consecrated yagyas and penances along with the houses and constellations of Dwijatis. State was anointed in Soma. He made Chandra (Moon) the ruler of all of them. Angiras anointed Vrihaspati, the creator of Vishwesh, Kavya, the ruler of Bhrigus. Adityas to Vishnu, were made expert creators. Narayan of the Rudras, Indra of the Maruts, Prahlad of the Daityas, Vrishmadhabaj of the Sadhyas, Viprachiti the king of the demons, Varuna of the waters, were made the ruler. Kuber, the ruler of Yaksha, demons and Dhanka, was established. In the Harivansh Purana, Brahma ji appointed his son Prithu, as the king and assigned various tasks to other individuals. In Brahmins and Upanishads, the word Prajapati has different meanings, such as Yagya, Vaishvanar, Anna, Vayu, Sama, Atma etc. Prajapati is a title in Panchvish Brahmin. In many Puranas only the Manas sons of Brahma have been called Prajapati. , In Vayu and Brahmand Puranas, Kardam, Kashyap, Shesh, Vikrant Kumar, Vivasvat, Paramarshaya Arishrenemi, Bahul, Balkhilya, Manojav, Sambhut, Sarvagat, Sarvabhog etc. are the Prajapatis. In Garud puran, Dharma Rudra, Mrityu, Sanatan, Sanatkumar Ruchi, Shraddha, Pitr, Agnishwat, Diwan, Ajyapan, etc. are called Prajapati. According to Matsya Purana, Gautam, Hastinder, Sukrit, Murti, Up, Jyoti etc. all these Prajapatis happened in swayabhuv manvantar. There is a long list of Prajapatis in the Mahabharata. For example:- Rudra, Bhrigu, Dharma, Tapa, Yama, Marichi, Kashyapa, Arishrinemi, Angira, Atri, Pulastya, Pulah, Katu, Vasishta, Chandra Vikrita, Vrishaspati, Sthanu, Manu, Parameshthi, Kardama, Prahlad, Sanatan, Prachinvarhi, Prachetas, Soma, Aryaman, Shashavinduputra, Gautama and others. In the same text, Kashyapa is called Prajapati as well as the first ancient man of humans, gods and demons. According to the Brahmanda Purana, it was the work of the creator to create new creations in every Kalpa. Prajapati has also been a theologian. The Dharma Sutra of Baudhayana contains views on the Dharma-Shastra of Prajapati. Vasishta has mentioned his views in the Dharma Shastra. These verses are also found in the Manusmriti. Rishi Vasishta and Baudhayana have considered, Prajapati to be another name of Manu. The Anand-ashrama collection contains the Smriti of Prajapati on Shraddha, which contains 198 verses. This Smriti considers Kalpashastra, Smriti, Dharma Shastra and Puranas. The Mitaakshara contains verses of the Creator about impurity and atonement.
