Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2297

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2297

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c7.2297

(2) Paraśurāma went round the world eighteen times and killed all the Kṣatriya Kings. After that he performed the sacrifice of Aśvamedha (horse sacrifice). In the sacrifice he gave all the lands as alms to Brahmins. Kaśyapa received all the lands for the Brahmins. After that he requested Paraśurāma to vacate the land. Accordingly Paraśurāma created new land by shooting an arrow at the sea, for his own use. "At the words of Kaśyapa, he made the sea retreat by shooting an arrow, thereby creating dry land." This land was Kerala. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 70).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit