a wandering mendicant.

a man who leads a life of contemplation and rigorous self-denial for religious purposes; an ascetic.

a man who has renounced the worldly attachments, and become a Sanyāsi and belongs to the the mendicant order of Parāśara.

a mythological sage, who wrote a code of religious conduct, known as Parāśara Smřti.

of, relating to, written by the sage Paraśara.

Křṣṇadvaipāyana, popularly known as Vēdavyāsa, a sage who edited and compiled the Vedas systematically.