Ka (India)
Ka ( Sanskrit क ka ) is the Sanskrit question word for “who?” And was later identified with the deity Prajapati .
In Taittiriya , Kaushitaki and Shatapatha Brahmana , as soon as questioning verses appear, the author states that Ka Prajapati, the Lord of all creatures, is. Hymns and offerings to the gods were called kaya . At the time of Panini , the word was so naturalized that rules were introduced to explain it. In the later Sanskrit literature of the Puranas , Ka appears as a recognized god, and in Manusmriti there appears a form of marriage commonly known as Kaya as the Prajapati wedding. In the Mahabharata , Ka is identified with Daksha .
literature
- Ka . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, pp. 136-137 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Jan Knappert: Lexicon of Indian Mythology. Munich 1994, p. 160
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manusmriti III, 38