![]() ![]() Parashara was the disciple of Rishi Saunaka. Narada in turn taught these to Rishi Saunaka. She agreed and the son born was Veda Vyasa! He also authored Parashara Samhita and Parashara Smriti.Īccording to one theory, Brahma taught the Vedas and Jyotisha to his son Narada. So he told this to the lady rowing the boat and requested her to marry him. The depth of his astrological knowledge was so great that, one day while crossing a river in a boat, he casually looked at his favorite stars in heaven, and suddenly realized that it was an exceptionally auspicious moment and if a child is conceived at that moment, he will be an expert in the shastras. He was the father of the legendary Rishi Veda Vyasa (who wrote 18 Puranas including the great epic Mahabharata, which includes the famous Bhagavt Geeta, the Brahma Sutras and the Uttara Mimansa). According to legend he is the grandson of Rishi Vasistha (son of Vasistha's daughter Shakti). The credit for systematically explaining the entire theory of Hindu predictive astrology goes to Rishi Parashara, in his magnum opus Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. ![]() The most popularly followed astrological classics today are the ones written by Rishis like Parashara, Varahamihira, Garga, Jaimini and their followers. It is futile to ascertain who was the originator. Various texts attribute the origin of Indian astrology to various gods and Rishis.
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