Parashara

Sage Parashara was father of Sage (Rishi) Vyasa. He was grandson of Sage Vasishta and son of Sage Shaktya. He has written a book on Jyotish or astral knowledge which is said to be the single most important one in the said field. He is the author of, the purana ratna, Sri Vishnu Purana. It was his name that Ramanujacharya gave to Parashara Bhattar, the son of Kurattazhvan (Kuresa), which was one of the three wishes of Yamunacharya (Alavandar).

External links

Original text (Sanskrit)

• oldwikisource:बृहत्पाराशरहोराशास्त्र

Translations online (English)

• Brihat Parasara Hora sastra by Maha-rishi Parasara (who is the translator?)
• (DOC file) (seems like the same translation), Google's cache of it in HTML

References (English)

• http://www.srivaishnava.org/sva/alavan.htm

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