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'''Barhiṣads''' (devanāgarī: बर्हिषद्) is a [[Sanskrit]] word used to denominate a kind of [[Pitṛs]] (fathers) or ancestors of humanity. In [[Hinduism]] they are sometimes regarded as the Pitṛs of the demons, and those who, when alive, kept up the household flame, and presented offerings with fire.
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[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] put forward a more [[Esotericism|esoteric]] interpretation:
 
<blockquote>A class of the “lunar” Pitris or “Ancestors”, Fathers, who are believed in popular superstition to have kept up, in their past incarnations the household sacred flame and made fire-offerings. Esoterically the Pitris who evolved their shadows or chhayas to make therewith the first man.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 51.</ref></blockquote>
 
== Notes ==
 
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==Further reading==
 
*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Barhishad# Barhishad] at Theosopedia
 
 
[[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
[[Category:Theosophical concepts]]
[[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine]]
[[Category:Hindu concepts]]
[[Category:Hindu mythology]]

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