[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c95.35 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.35 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.35 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c95.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.35) In the Taittirīya Saṁhitā Prajāpati is frequently mentioned as creating the gods and asuras (III. 3. 7. 1), as creating yajñas (I. 6. 9. 1), as creating people (II. 1. 2 1) and animals (I. 5. 9. 7) and desiring to create \*prajā\* and performing tapas for that (III. 1. 1. 1). Tai. S. (V. 6. 4. 2) states that all this in the beginning was water, a sea and that Prajāpati becoming wind floated rapidly on a lotus leaf. - [Previous: v7.c95.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.34) - [Next: v7.c95.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.36) - [Up: v7.c95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95) ## Cites (1) - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.1.5.9.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.35) · Pramāṇa