Pārasīkas

Pārasīka

The Pārasīkas are a people of Bhārata-varsha, the karma-bhūmi. The Brahma Purāṇa names them in its account of the lands that lie along the rivers of Bhārata.

Among the peoples of Bhārata

Describing Jambūdvīpa to the munis, the teller of the Purāṇa names the rivers of Bhārata-varsha and the mountains from which they flow, and then the peoples who live along them: the people of the Kuru and Pāñcāla lands; in the east the dwellers of Kāmarūpa, the Kaliṅgas and the Magadhas; the Dākshiṇātyas of the south; in the west the Saurāshṭras, the Śūdras, the Ābhīras, the Arbudas, the Mārukas, the Mālavas and the dwellers of Pāriyātra; and with them the Madras, the Rāmas, the Ambashṭhas, the Pārasīkas and others. All of them drink the waters of these rivers, and these lands, mingling together and full of joy, are filled with well-nourished people.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 19

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 19