Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.353

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Parasurāma (Paraśurāma) Son of ascetic Jamadaggi and Reṇuā His original name was Rāma(3) but owing to his expertness in the art of using axe (paraśu-paraśu) as an effective weapon he was known as Parasurāma Once Reṇuā had enjoyed coition with king Aṇamtaviriya husband of her own sister and a son was born to her This enraged Parasurāma and he killed all the three-his own mother the newly born child and Aṇamtaviriya. Kattaviriya son of Aṇamtaviriya, killed Jamadaggi to take revenge of his father's murder Parasurāma killed king Kattaviriya as a vengeance of his father's assassination He is said to have cleared the earth of Kṣatriyas seven times Later Kattaviriya's son Satthuma(1) killed Parsurāma and cleared the earth of Brāhmaṇas twenty-one times¹ 1 A aCu I pp 520-1 AcaCu p 49 Vis 3575 J v 89 J vM p 121 AcaSi p, 100, SutSi p 170 Bhak 153 SutCu p 209