History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.335

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²²⁴ The story of Paraśurāma and his several exploits such as the destruction of kṣatriyas twenty-one times, donating the earth to Kaśyapa, loss of his prowess when he met Rāma, residence on Mahendra mountain and making the Western ocean recede occur frequently in the Mahābhārata (*Continued from last page*) e g in आदिपर्व 2 3 ff, 130 62, सभा 14 2, वन 116 14, 117 9, उद्योग 178 62, द्रोण 70, कर्ण 42 3-9, शल्य 49 7-10 The Puranas also devote much space to legends about him. Vide मत्स्य 213 113-123, वायु 91 67-86, ब्रह्माण्ड III. 21-47 and 57-58 (for saving गोकर्ण and शूर्पारक), विष्णुधर्मोत्तर I 35 ff Some of these legends must be over 2000 years old The रघुवंश (VI 42, XI 64-91) refers to some of the Paraśurāma legends