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| '''Barhiṣads''' (devanāgarī: बर्हिषद्) is a [[Sanskrit]] word used to denominate the [[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:
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| <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>
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| == Notes ==
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| <references/>
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| ==Further reading==
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| *[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Barhishad# Barhishad] at Theosopedia
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| [[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
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| [[Category:Theosophical concepts]]
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| [[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine]]
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| [[Category:Hindu concepts]]
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| [[Category:Hindu mythology]]
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