परशुराम

Sanskrit

परशुराम

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰশুৰাম (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬰᬸᬭᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
• পরশুরাম (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰫𑰲𑰨𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀰𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ပရၐုရာမ (Burmese script)
• પરશુરામ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਸ਼ੁਰਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌶𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦯꦸꦫꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂬𑂳𑂩𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಶುರಾಮ (Kannada script)
• បរឝុរាម (Khmer script)
• ປຣຨຸຣາມ (Lao script)
• പരശുരാമ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᠠᡧᡠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘫𑘳𑘨𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠠᠱᠤᠷᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧋𑧔𑧈𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑐱𑐸𑐬𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
• ପରଶୁରାମ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢯꢸꢬꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆯𑆶𑆫𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖫𑖲𑖨𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
• පරශුරාම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑩿𑩒𑩼𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚧𑚰𑚤𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
• பரஶுராம (Tamil script)
• పరశురామ (Telugu script)
• ปรศุราม (Thai script)
• པ་ར་ཤུ་རཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑒬𑒳𑒩𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨮𑨃𑨫𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of परशु (paraśu, “axe”) +‎ राम (rāma, “Rama”, proper noun), referring to the axe that Parashurama wields.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.ɕu.ɾɑː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.ɕuˈɾɑː.mɐ/

Proper noun

परशुराम • (paraśurāma) stem, m

1. Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of परशुराम (paraśurāma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	परशुरामः paraśurāmaḥ	परशुरामौ / परशुरामा¹ paraśurāmau / paraśurāmā¹	परशुरामाः / परशुरामासः¹ paraśurāmāḥ / paraśurāmāsaḥ¹
Vocative	परशुराम paraśurāma	परशुरामौ / परशुरामा¹ paraśurāmau / paraśurāmā¹	परशुरामाः / परशुरामासः¹ paraśurāmāḥ / paraśurāmāsaḥ¹
Accusative	परशुरामम् paraśurāmam	परशुरामौ / परशुरामा¹ paraśurāmau / paraśurāmā¹	परशुरामान् paraśurāmān
Instrumental	परशुरामेण paraśurāmeṇa	परशुरामाभ्याम् paraśurāmābhyām	परशुरामैः / परशुरामेभिः¹ paraśurāmaiḥ / paraśurāmebhiḥ¹
Dative	परशुरामाय paraśurāmāya	परशुरामाभ्याम् paraśurāmābhyām	परशुरामेभ्यः paraśurāmebhyaḥ
Ablative	परशुरामात् paraśurāmāt	परशुरामाभ्याम् paraśurāmābhyām	परशुरामेभ्यः paraśurāmebhyaḥ
Genitive	परशुरामस्य paraśurāmasya	परशुरामयोः paraśurāmayoḥ	परशुरामाणाम् paraśurāmāṇām
Locative	परशुरामे paraśurāme	परशुरामयोः paraśurāmayoḥ	परशुरामेषु paraśurāmeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bengali: পরশুরাম (porśuram)
• → Burmese: ပသျှူးရာမ (pa.hsyu:rama.)
• → English: Parashurama
• → Hindi: परशुराम (parśurām)
• → Kannada: ಪರಶುರಾಮ (paraśurāma)
• → Malayalam: പരശുരാമൻ (paraśurāmaṉ)
• → Tamil: பரசுராமர் (paracurāmar)
• → Telugu: పరశురాముడు (paraśurāmuḍu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “परशुराम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 589.