Many people belonging to the gotra use the surname Parashar. Alternative spellings include Prashar, Parasar, Prasar, Parasara, Prasher and Parasher. Some of them also use the surnames Vashishth and Vyas.
The different meanings of the name Pulastya are: Sanskrit meaning: Smooth-haired. Indian meaning: Smooth-haired.
Pulastya (Sanskrit: पà¥à¤²à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤¯, Sinhala: පුලස්à¶à·’, Thai: ท้าวจตุรพัà¸à¸•à¸£à¹Œ) was one of the ten Prajapati or mind-born sons of Brahma, and one of the Saptarishis (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the first Manvantara.
