Sages
Paraśurāma
Warrior-sage of the axe. The meeting of two avatāras, as the tradition reads it.
Bāla Kāṇḍa sargas 74–76Vālmīki (primary text)In the text
Paraśurāma, Jamadagni's son, meets Rāma on the road home from Mithilā to Ayodhyā, just after Rāma has broken Śiva's bow, and challenges him to string Viṣṇu's. Daśaratha begs him to spare his sons. Rāma strings it, and Paraśurāma withdraws to Mount Mahendra with his strength diminished.
Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions and living-tradition associations are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.