2013-07-26

Freya and Prajaa

Thoughts sent on a video http://youtu.be/zYngzsYGD48 which indicates the similarity between Nordic Freya and Vedic Prajapati:

P and F are both labials and are relatively interchangeable in Sanskrit (as Sanskrit doesn't have an F sound, only P and PH [aspirate p]). The F comes into hindi through the Persian influence and muslim invasions (from the west). My name is pronounced phreedom in Sanskrit (we also see the English word phone coming from the greek with a similar pronunciation). 


From Prajaapati, Pati means lord or husband, so prajaa-pati is the husband of prajaa (prajaa is feminine as it has a long aa at the end of the word and it is clearly noted as a feminine word in the Sanskrit dictionary).

Four entries in Monnier williams sanskrit dictionary for prajaa:

-f. (ifc. f. {A} ; cf. {pra-ja} above) procreation , propagation , birth RV. AV. 
-offspring , children , family , race , posterity , descendants , aftergrowth (of plants) RV.
-a creature , animal , man , mankind 
-seed , semen VS. (cf.{-niSeka})

[RV indicates source is rigveda and AV indicates source is atharva veda]
[niSeka means to conceive, or the act of releasing the semen]

Prajaa breaks down to the roots of PRA -preposition meaning before, in front of, original and JA -born, birthing
9example of use jalaja is waterborn jala is water and ja is born from so it is a name of the lotus)

Freya (also written as Frejya) is a fertility goddess often connected to Venus. Her connection to the wife of the pro-creator (pra-ja) is clear. 

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