(‘Rāma with an axe’) the sixth main incarnation of for the purpose of re-establishing social order disrupted by unruly clans of and of helping brahmins to gain the upper hand over...

Parashurama Bhargava (Sanskrit: परशुराम भार्गव) or Parasurama (Axe-wielding Rama), the sixth avatar of Vishnu, belongs to the Treta yuga, and is the son of Jamadagni and Renuka. Parashu means axe, hence his name literally means...