We hear of Prajâpati in the singular, but also of the Prajâpatis or creative forces.
It is perhaps owing to his close connection with ceremonial that enquiring and speculative minds felt Prajâpati not to be a final or satisfactory explanation of the universe.
This is the merry song of Vidyāpati the poet, Delighting Rājā Shivasimha's heart.
Vidyāpati says: A kind word would be fitting; But you yourself be still, O Kāna.
Vidyāpati says: There lies his heart,-- They shall be joined in love.
O amorous Rai, Vidyāpati says, Could you outwit such wit as his?
Wise in this savour, Vidyāpati asks: Has pan ever graced the mouth of a monkey?
Vidyāpati says: There is grief at an end, No sickness remains when the cure has been found.
What more should I say, Vidyāpati asks: So as their love is, so is their loving.
Vidyāpati says: Grief haunts my heart: I saw her indeed, but hope was not sated.
Vidyāpati says: Lo, lovely lady, Fie on this brazen love of yours!
On solemn oath Vidyāpati reveals A yet more ferly thing: Pondering ever on your ways Is the root of her undoing.
Prajâpati was aunt and nurse of Sâkyamuni, the first woman admitted to the monkhood, and the first superior of the first Buddhistic convent.
Pati aku naapil sa kasábà, I was included in the scolding, too.
Mikáyaw ang pati pagkabuhì, The pigeon flew up high when it got loose.
Pati ang sagísag sa kalínaw, The dove is a symbol of peace.
Pati ang mga bátà, They were all killed, including the children.
Quæ fuit durum pati / Meminisse dulce est=--What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
Et facere et pati fortiter Romanum est=--Bravery and endurance make a man a Roman.
Melius est pati semel, quam cavere semper=--It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.
Dhammasenâpati who lived in the monastery attached to this temple.
Praj[=a]pati found as the personal Father-god and All-god.
For Agni and Praj[=a]pati are one, they are son and father (ib.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pati" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
