Vairāja Prajāpati
Vairāja Prajāpati · vairāja prajā-pati
Abhimanyu has other meanings too: see all meanings of Abhimanyu. Satyavāk has other meanings too: see all meanings of Satyavāk. Sudhanvan has other meanings too: see all meanings of Sudhanvan. Sudyumna has other meanings too: see all meanings of Sudyumna.
Vairāja Prajāpati is a Prajāpati named twice in the Brahma Purāṇa. His daughter Naḍvalā became the wife of Cākshusha Manu and bore him ten sons, and his son Sudhanvā was anointed lord of the eastern quarter when Pṛthu was made cakravartin.
Father of Naḍvalā
In Chapter 2, Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis the line of Svāyambhuva Manu down to Cākshusha Manu. To Cākshusha Manu ten sons were born of Naḍvalā, the daughter of Vairāja Prajāpati: Kutsa, Purusha, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavāk, Kavi, Agnishṭut, Atirātra, Sudyumna and Abhimanyu. From Puru (Purusha) and Āgneyī came Aṅga and his brothers, and from Aṅga came Vena.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2
Father of Sudhanvā
In Chapter 4, after Brahmā anointed Pṛthu, the son of Vena, as cakravartin and gave each being his own kingdom, a lord was anointed for each of the four quarters. The east was given to Sudhanvā, the son of Vairāja Prajāpati; the south to Śaṅkhapada, son of Kardama Prajāpati; the west to Ketumān, son of Rajas; and the north to Hiraṇyaroma, son of Parjanya Prajāpati. “This earth, surrounded by the seven dvīpas and filled with towns, is ruled with dharma by each of them even now.”
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 4
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 2, 4