Knowing one's Origin - Parashar
Parashar, (spelled as Parashara, Prashar, Prasar, Parasar) is a surname which traces its origin back to Vedic India (2000-1000 BCE) and today is in use by high caste Hindu-Brahmins who claim ancestry from the famous ancient Hindu scholar – Rishi Parashar . To know of him in full length, we seek interest in his ancestry and find that he is the great-grandson of the first God in the Hindu triumvirate – Lord Brahma, God of creation. Lord Brahma’s mind born sons – Saptarishis, the seven greatest sages of the Vedic realm mentioned in Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahman, consisting of Agastya, Atri, Bharadwaj, Gautama, Jamadagni, Vashishtha and Vishvamitra (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad differs list replacing Maharishi Agastya with Maharishi Kashyap) live for a Manvantara (306,720,000 earth years) and direct humanity after pralaya and build the foundation of Dharma. Rishi Parashar was the grandson of one of the Saptarishi – Maharishi Vashis htha....