Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s1.t1.7

v3.c42.s1.t1.7

“When the impieties of the kings of the warrior race drew upon them the vengeance of Parasurama, who twenty-one times extirpated that race, some, in order to save their lives, called themselves bards; others assumed the guise of women; and thus the singh (horn) of the Rajputs was preserved, when dominion was assigned to the Brahmans. The impious avarice of Sahasra Arjuna, of the Haihaya race, king of Maheswar¹ on the Nerbudda, provoked the last war, having slain the father of Parasurama [440].