Parashurama

American  

[par-uh-shoo-rah-muh] / ˌpær ə ʃʊˈrɑ mə /

noun

Hindu Mythology.

1. a Rama and avatar of Vishnu who rid the earth of Kshatriyas.

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Example Sentences

But lo! a miracle: for as the flames hissed upwards, purging the bodies of all earthly taint, life returned to them by the grace of Parashurama; and they rose one and all from the pyre and praised Him of the Axe, in that he had raised them from the dead and made them truly "Chitta-Pavana" or the "Pyre Purified."

From Project Gutenberg