Parāśara
mythological figure · 2 works · 5 mentions · 14 anchored passages · author page
father · son of Śakti
in the texts
Parāśara Smṛti
The sage-author whose teaching of dharma constitutes the text; addressed as father by Vyāsa.
in the Kali *yuga*, those of Parāśara are remembered.
At the end of Vyāsa's speech, Parāśara, chief among sages, (I,1, p.
The doctrine of Parāśara is holy, purifying, and destructive of sin.
Vīramitrodaya
Ancient lawgiver-sage cited both generally as a source-authority for the Samayaprakāśa and specifically for a rule on the lapsed Jovian year.
"When Jupiter, having enjoyed a sign for ten or eleven months, moves to the next sign, and does not enjoy the previous one again, the wise do not call it a lapsed year.
Having taken to heart the entire meaning declared by the sages Hārīta, Gobhila, Parāśara, Nārada, and others, the jewel among scholars, Mitra Miśra, at the behest of the glorious King Vīrasiṃha, composes the *Samayaprakāśa* (The Illumination of Time).
As stated by Parāśara: