[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970) › v1.c5.s20.353 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.353 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.353 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s20.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.353) 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 - [Previous: v1.c5.s20.352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.352) - [Next: v1.c5.s20.354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.354) - [Up: v1.c5.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.353) · Pramāṇa