Pāraśava
Pāraśava, “son of a brāhmaṇa by a śūdra woman”
Grammar: masculine noun; the name of one of the kinds of son.
Meaning: a son born to a brāhmaṇa from a śūdra woman; the last of the six kinds of sons who are sons in name only and do not inherit.
In the scriptures: Sanatkumāra asks Brahmā what a dāyāda (a son who inherits) is, and Pitāmaha smiles and answers. The first six kinds, aurasa, kshetraja, datta, kṛtrima, gūḍhotpanna and apaviddha, receive the ṛṇa (debt), the piṇḍa, the dhana (wealth), the kriyā (rites), the gotra-sāmya (sameness of gotra), the kula-vṛtti (family calling) and the pratishṭhā (standing). The other six, kānīna, sahoḍha, krīta, punarbhava, svayaṃdatta and pāraśava, do not receive these: they are sons in name only, not born of the father’s kula and gotra. The pāraśava is the son born to a brāhmaṇa from a śūdra woman. After this teaching Dharma and Ahiṃsā give Sanatkumāra to Brahmā as his son (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 35).
Related terms: Dāyāda · Kānīna · Svayaṃdatta · Aurasa · Putra
Sources
- Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 35