Parashar
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Parashar is a gotra of Brahmins. The Parashars claim ancestry from the Vedic scholar Parashara. Many people belonging to the gotra use the surname Parashar. Alternative spellings include Prashar, Parasar, Prasar, Parasara, Prasher and Parasher. Some of them also use the surnames Vashishth and Vyas.[citation needed]
Maharishi Parashara was grand son of Maharishi Vasistha, Son of Maharishi Sakti and father of Maharishi Ved Vyasa. This Lineage of Vasistha-Parashar-Vyas was part of Advaita Guru Paramparā which means they were the Sages who saw Vedas.
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:नारायणं पद्मभुवं वशिष्ठं शक्तिं च तत्पुत्रं पराशरं च व्यासं शुकं गौडपादं महान्तं गोविन्दयोगीन्द्रं अथास्य शिष्यम् ।
- श्री शंकराचार्यं अथास्य पद्मपादं च हस्तामलकं च शिष्यम् तं तोटकं वार्त्तिककारमन्यान् अस्मद् गुरून् सन्ततमानतोऽस्मि ॥
— अद्वैत गुरु परंपरा स्तोत्रम्
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:nārāyanam padmabhuvam vasiṣtham śaktim ca tat-putram parāśaram ca
- vyāsam śukam gauḍapāda mahāntam govinda yogīndram athāsya śiṣyam
- śri śankarācāryam athāsya padmapādam ca hastāmalakam ca śiṣyam
- tam totakam vārtikakāramanyān asmad gurūn santatamānato’smi
— Advaita-Guru-Paramparā-Stotram
Notable people
- Deepak Parashar
- Rick Parashar
- Sushil Parashar
- Suvigya Parashar
- M. D. Parashar
- Pankaj Parashar
- Yuvraaj Parashar
- Sat Parashar
- Narain Chand Parashar
- Amol Parashar
- Vijay P. Parashar
- Prastuti Parashar
- Justice P.N.Parashar
- Vipin Parashar
- Rohit Vyas
- VASUNITH PARASHAR
See also
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