परशुराम paraśhurām

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

'Rāma with the axe,' an epithet of Rāma, son of the saint Jamad-agni (the first of the three renowned Rāmas and the sixth avatār or descent of the deity Vishṇu, who appeared in the world for the purpose of repressing the tyranny and punishing the violence of the Kshatriya or military caste; he seems to typify the tribe of Brāhmaṇs and their contests with the Kshatriyas: he was a contemporary of the principal Rāma the son of Daśarath).

Usual translation

  1. Parasu-Rama

Origin of the definition

परशु paraśu parashu (nm) a battle axe; ~धर one who wields a परशु; see ~राम; ~राम the great son of the seer Jamdagni, and a sworn enemy of the kshatriyas, who annihilated the kshatriyas twenty-one times and ultimately suffered a defeat at the hands of राम.

परशु parăśu [S.], m. battle-axe. — परशुराम, m. name of the sixth avatār of Viṣṇu (destroyer of the kṣatriyas).

S پرش परशु paraśu, parśu, vulg. parsu, s.m. Hatchet, axe, battle-axe: — paraśu-rām, parśu-rām, vulg. parsu-rām, paras-rām, s.m. 'Rāma with the axe,' an epithet of Rāma, son of the saint Jamad-agni (the first of the three renowned Rāmas and the sixth avatār or descent of the deity Vishṇu, who appeared in the world for the purpose of repressing the tyranny and punishing the violence of the Kshatriya or military caste; he seems to typify the tribe of Brāhmaṇs and their contests with the Kshatriyas: he was a contemporary of the principal Rāma the son of Daśarath): — parśu-ghar, vulg. parsu-ghar, s.m. = paraśu-rām.

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Created
Tuesday 11 May 2021
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