Parashurama

Parashurama
Member of Dashavatara and Chiranjivi
Parashurama by Raja Ravi Varma
Other names	Bhargava Rama Jamadagnya Rama Ramabhadra
Devanagari	परशुराम
Sanskrit transliteration	Paraśurāma
Affiliation	Vaishnavism
Weapon	Axe named Vidyudabhi (Parashu)
Personal information
Born	Third day of Vaishaka Shukla Paksha or Parshurama Jayanti
Parents	Jamadagni (father) Renuka (mother)
Siblings	Ṛumaṇvān, Suhotra, Vasu, and Viśvāvasu[2]
Spouse	Dharani (Lakshmi)[1]

Parashurama (Sanskrit: परशुराम, romanized: Paraśurāma, lit. 'Rama with an axe'), also referred to as Rama Jamadagnya, Rama Bhargava and Veerarama,^[3] is the sixth avatar among the Dashavatara of the preserver god Vishnu in Hinduism. He is believed to be one of the Chiranjeevis (Immortals), who will appear at the end of the Kali Yuga to be the guru of Vishnu's tenth and last incarnation, Kalki.

Born to Jamadagni and Renuka, the Brahmin Parashurama was foretold to appear at a time when overwhelming evil prevailed on the earth. The Kshatriya class, with weapons and power, had begun to abuse their power, take what belonged to others by force and tyrannise people. He corrected the cosmic equilibrium by destroying the Kshatriya warriors twenty-one times. He is married to Dharani, an incarnation of Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu.^[4] He is present in the Ramayana due to the conflict with Rama (the protagonist of the Ramayana) over Shiva's broken bow. He is mentioned in the Mahabharata as the guru of Bhisma, Drona, Rukmi, and Karna.^[5][6]