परशुराम

Hindi

भगवान परशुराम

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit परशुराम (paraśurāma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.ʃʊ.ɾɑːm/, [pɐɾ.ʃʊ.ɾä̃ːm]

Proper noun

परशुराम • (parśurām) m (Urdu spelling پَرشورام)

1. (Hinduism) Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu
2. a male given name from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of परशुराम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	परशुराम parśurām	परशुराम parśurām
oblique	परशुराम parśurām	परशुरामों parśurāmõ
vocative	परशुराम parśurām	परशुरामो parśurāmo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “परशुराम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2838

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit परशुराम (paraśurāma). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘢𑘨𑘫𑘳𑘨𑘰𑘦 (paraśurāma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəɾ.ɕu.ɾam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: पर‧शु‧राम

Proper noun

परशुराम • (parśurām) m

1. (Hinduism) Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu
2. a male given name from Sanskrit

References

• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “परशुराम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “परशुराम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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

Tatpuruṣa compound of परशु (paraśu, “axe”) +‎ राम (rāma, “Rāma”, proper noun), literally “Rama with an axe”, referring to the axe that Parashurama wields.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

परशुराम • (paraśurāma) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu

   Synonym: जामदग्नेय (jāmadagneya)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of परशुराम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	परशुरामः (paraśurāmaḥ)	परशुरामौ (paraśurāmau)	परशुरामाः (paraśurāmāḥ)
accusative	परशुरामम् (paraśurāmam)	परशुरामौ (paraśurāmau)	परशुरामान् (paraśurāmān)
instrumental	परशुरामेण (paraśurāmeṇa)	परशुरामाभ्याम् (paraśurāmābhyām)	परशुरामैः (paraśurāmaiḥ)
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)
vocative	परशुराम (paraśurāma)	परशुरामौ (paraśurāmau)	परशुरामाः (paraśurāmāḥ)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀭𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀫 (parasurāma)
• → Bengali: পরশুরাম (porśuram)
• → Burmese: ပသျှူးရာမ (pa.hsyu:rama.)
• → English: Parashurama
• → Hindi: परशुराम (parśurām)
• → Kannada: ಪರಶುರಾಮ (paraśurāma)
• → Malayalam: പരശുരാമൻ (paraśurāmaṉ)
• → Marathi: परशुराम (parśurām)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘨𑘫𑘳𑘨𑘰𑘦 (paraśurāma)
• → 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.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “परशु”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 967