Pracetas
Pracetas, “the wise”
Pracetas is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Varuṇa: Pracetas as a name of Varuṇa, the deva of the waters. Agni Purāṇa
People
- Pracetasas: the ten sons of King Prācīnabarhish who did ten thousand years of tapas in the ocean, married Mārishā and fathered Daksha. Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 18; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 4th Skandha, Chapters 24, 30, 31