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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 Vishnu Purana , before his son Vyasa wrote it in its present form.
Parashar Gita (Sanskrit: पराशर गीता, Romanised: Parāśara-Gītā) also written as Parashara Geeta is the collection of the philosophical dialogues and discourses between the Vedic sage Parashara and King Janaka of Mithila. It is one of the sixty - four Gita texts mentioned in the ancient Indian scriptures. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Sanskrit: बृहत् पराशर होरा शास्त्र; IAST: bṛhat parāśara horā śāstra; abbreviated to BPHS) is the most comprehensive extant Śāstra on Vedic natal astrology, in particular the Horā branch (predictive astrology, e.g. horoscopes). [1]
Veda Vyasa is actually a title, which is given to each sage who categorizes the Vedas into four parts in the beginning of Kali Yuga. Earlier, Krishna Dvaipayana's father, Parashara had categorized the vedas in the 26th Chaturyuga. In this chaturyuga, Krishna or Vishnu himself descends onto the Earth to categorize the Vedas as Krishna Dvaipayana.
Jaimini Sutras, also known as Upadesa Sutras [1] [2] is an ancient Sanskrit text on the predictive part of Vedic Astrology, attributed to the sage Jaimini, the founder of the Purva Mimamsa branch of Vedic philosophy, a disciple of Vyasa and grandson of Parashara.
According to the Mahabharata, the sage Vyasa was the son of Satyavati and Parashara. He was also the surrogate father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura. They were born through Niyoga. Later, he helped in birth of 101 children of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. He also helped the Pandavas many times.
Panhala was traditionally considered the residence of Maharishi Parashara. The Karvir or Kolhapur Puran, a modern (1730) compilation, mentions Panhala as Pannagalay (home of serpents). In old inscriptions, the name appears as Pranlak and Padmanal. These are supposed to be the caves where the sage Parashar lived.
He was the father of Parashara, mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. There is a legend found in Mahabharata about Shakti. Once King Kalmashapada, going hunting, killed many animals. Tired and being hungry and thirsty, he was proceeding through the woods. On the way, Shakti came on the same path, from the opposite direction.