परशुराम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit परशुराम (paraśurāma).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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, of Hindu usage

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

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.ɕuˈɾɑː.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 (paraśurāma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	परशुरामः paraśurāmaḥ	परशुरामौ paraśurāmau	परशुरामाः paraśurāmāḥ
Vocative	परशुराम paraśurāma	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

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀭𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀫 (parasurāma)
• → Bengali: পরশুরাম (porśuram)
• → Burmese: ပသျှူးရာမ (pa.hsyu:rama.)
• → English: Parashurama
• → Hindi: परशुराम (parśurām)
• → Kannada: ಪರಶುರಾಮ (paraśurāma)
• → Malayalam: പരശുരാമൻ (paraśurāmaṉ)
• → 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