Parashara (Sanskrit: पराशर; IAST: Parāśara) was a maharishi and the author of many ancient Indian texts. He is accredited as the author of the first Purana...

The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Sanskrit: बृहत् पराशर होरा शास्त्र; IAST: bṛhat parāśara horā śāstra; abbreviated to BPHS) is the most comprehensive...

fisherman. As a young woman, Satyavati met the wandering rishi (sage) Parashara, who fathered her son Vyasa out of wedlock. The sage also gave her a musky...

Susheel Parashar is a veteran Indian actor, known for his work in the Hindi television industry and in Bollywood. His films include Jaal: The Trap; Dushmani;...

river. She used to help her father in this task. One day, she helped Parashara to cross the river Yamuna. He was enchanted by her beauty and wanted an...

dedicated to the sage Parashara situated on its bank. It contains a floating island. The lake was considered sacred by the sage Parashara, who meditated here...

nodes. These have retrograde motion.[citation needed] In the astrology of Parashara, the assignment of karakas to planets is permanently fixed. In the astrology...

பட்டர், romanized: Paraśara Bhattar), also called Periya Bhattar and Parashara Bhattarya, was a follower of Ramanuja, a 12th-century Sri Vaishnava teacher...

planet. Ruler of Ketu: According to the most popular astrology text Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS), if looking for solutions regarding Ketu consider...

rishi (sage) and son of Vashistha and Arundhati. He was the father of Parashara, mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. There is a legend found in Mahabharata...

remarriage. He stumbled upon a few verses in Parasara Smriti written by sage Parashara, which supported widow remarriage. Author Subal Chandra Mitra, writer...

mankind. He received the Vishnu Purana from Brahma, and communicated it to Parashara, who made it known to mankind. Pulastya responds to the questions of Narada...

ascertaining the avasthas (states) gained by planets at any given time. Parashara in his Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra refers to six kinds of avasthas. Avasthas...

Purana, the Parashara Purana, the Varuna Purana, and the Maheshvara Purana. The extant Saura Purana comprises 69 chapters. The extant Parashara Upapurana...

Anasawana Bheemasena(1)a Pratisravasa Pratipaa Gangā Shāntanua Satyavati Pārāshara Bhishma Chitrāngada Ambikā Vichitravirya Ambālikā Vyāsa Dhritarāshtrab...

profession, marriage and longevity. Of these indicators, known as Karakas, Parashara considers Atmakaraka most important, signifying broad contours of a person's...

her first son Vyasa, born to her from a previous union with the sage Parashara, to father children with the widows. The eldest, Ambika, shuts her eyes...

Another important scripture that mentions him as an avatar is Parashara's Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (2:1-5/7). Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu is part...

Kutsa Lomasha Mandavya Markandeya Matsyendra Mrikanda Nachiketa Narada Parashara Rajarshi Raikva Renukacharya Rishyasringa Sakayanya Sandipani Sankriti...

when the lord of the 9th associates with the lord of the 11th bhava. Parashara has paid extraordinary attention to the 5th and the 9th bhavas in Dhana...

several Brahmana works describe her sons, including Shakti, and grandson Parashara. Arundhati's meetings with Sita and Rama are mentioned in the Ramayana...

succeeded him as the leader of Sri Vaishnavas, followed by Parashara Bhattarya. One day, Parashara learned about Madhava and his extravagant claims through...

mentioned in Shalya Parva of the epic, as one of the followers of Kartikeya. Parashara was a sage. He was the grandson of Vasishtha, the son of Śakti Maharṣi...

Kutsa Lomasha Mandavya Markandeya Matsyendra Mrikanda Nachiketa Narada Parashara Rajarshi Raikva Renukacharya Rishyasringa Sakayanya Sandipani Sankriti...

Kutsa Lomasha Mandavya Markandeya Matsyendra Mrikanda Nachiketa Narada Parashara Rajarshi Raikva Renukacharya Rishyasringa Sakayanya Sandipani Sankriti...

Hirańyaromá, Vedasrí, Urddhabáhu, Vedabáhu, Sudháman, Parjanya, and Mahámuni. Parashara...In the month of Kártik they are Parjanya, Bharadwája, (another) Viswávasu...

Kutsa Lomasha Mandavya Markandeya Matsyendra Mrikanda Nachiketa Narada Parashara Rajarshi Raikva Renukacharya Rishyasringa Sakayanya Sandipani Sankriti...

Kutsa Lomasha Mandavya Markandeya Matsyendra Mrikanda Nachiketa Narada Parashara Rajarshi Raikva Renukacharya Rishyasringa Sakayanya Sandipani Sankriti...

family. His father was Sundaram Iyer (1848–1890), from the lineage of Parashara, and his mother was Azhagammal (1864–1922). He had two brothers Nagaswami...

the sage Vyasa, was also born from an unwed union of Satyavati and sage Parashara. German Indologist Georg von Simson states that Karna of the Mahabharata...