paraśu परशु paraśú m. a hatchet, axe, the axe of a woodcutter ([Naigh. ii, 20]) a thunderbolt, [RV.] &c. &c. N. of a king, [MBh.] w.r. for parśu, q.v. [cf. Gk. πέλεκυς, πέλεκκον, &c.] paraśuci परशुचि para—śuci m. N. of a son of Manu Auttama, [MārkP.] paraśumat परशुमत् paraśu—mát mfn. having an axe, [RV.] paraśudhara परशुधर paraśu—dhara m. ‘axe-bearer’, N. of Gaṇeśa of Paraśu-rāma, [L.] paraśurāma परशुराम paraśu—rāma m. ‘Rama with the axe’, N. of one of the three Rāmas (son of Jamad-agni and sixth Avatāra of Viṣṇu, he was a typical Brāhman and his history typifies the contests between the Brahmans and Kṣatriyas), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; [MWB. xiii, 1]; [RTL. 110]; [270] (also -ka) N. of a prince and of sev. authors (also with garjara, deva, miśra, muni), [Cat.] paraśuvana परशुवन paraśu—vana n. ‘forest of axes’, N. of a hell, [MBh.] paraśuphāṇṭa परशुफाण्ट paraśu—phāṇṭa m. or n. an infusion warmed by a heated axe, [ib.] paraśuhastā परशुहस्ता paraśu—hastā f. ‘axe in hand’, N. of a female attendant on Devī, [W.] paraśupalāśa परशुपलाश paraśu—palāśa m. the blade of an axe, [Kauś.] paraśurāmasūtra परशुरामसूत्र paraśu-rāma—sūtra n. N. of wk. paraśurāmāvatāra परशुरामावतार paraśu—rā°māvatāra m. N. of wk. paraśurāmajayantī परशुरामजयन्ती paraśu—rāma—jayantī f. the third day in the light half of Vaiśākha, [Cat.] paraśurāmaprakāśa परशुरामप्रकाश paraśu-rāma—prakāśa m. N. of wk. paraśurāmapratāpa परशुरामप्रताप paraśu-rāma—pratāpa m. N. of wk. paraśuvanapradurbhāva परशुवनप्रदुर्भाव paraśu—vana—pradur-bhāva m. ‘forest of axes’, N. of a hell, [MBh.] paraśurāmāvatārakathana परशुरामावतारकथन paraśu—rā°māvatāra-kathana n. N. of wk. paraśuvanasahasranāman परशुवनसहस्रनामन् paraśu—vana—sahasra-nāman n. ‘forest of axes’, N. of a hell, [MBh.]