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parāśara

parā-śara See parā-śṝ below.

parā-°śará m. a crusher, destroyer, [RV.]; [AV.]

a partic. wild animal, [Bhagavatīg.] (w.r. °sara)

N. of a Nāga, [MBh.]

N. of a son of Vasiṣṭha or of a son of Śakti and grandson of V° (according to [MBh.] the father of Vyāsa; said to be the author of [RV. i, 65]-[73] and part of [ix, 97])

of a son of Kuṭhumi, [VP.]

of the author of a well-known code of laws, [RTL. 51] &c.

of sev. writers on medicine and astrology &c. (with bhaṭṭa N. of a poet), [Cat.]