Terms of address: Batara
Type: God
Origin: India
Description in the Javanese wayang retellings: His father asked him to kill his mother, to punish her for committing adultery with Citrarata. He made his father promise to grant him any wish. With this, he returned his brothers to their previous selves (earlier, they had been turned into madmen for refusing to kill their mother) and brought his mother back to life. But his father and brothers are later killed by the sons of [Arjunasasrabahu]. Ramaparasu kills [Arjunasasrabahu] in revenge and vows to kill any kesatria that he meets. He roams the world for this and teaches several famous figures, such as Bisma, [Seta], Durna, [Krepa] and Karna. Eventually, Rama kills Ramaparasu, who then became a God. But there are multiple accounts about how Rama kills him. In some versions, Ramaparasu is another name for Jamadagni, and his father is called Wiragni, with a brother called Suwandagni.
Notes on the Indian retellings: Parashurama is known as the 7th incarnation Lord Vishnu. He is often depicted with an ax. When his father Jamadagni was killed by Kartaveerya Arjuna (not to be confused with Arjuna of the Pandava brothers), Parashurama went on a mission to kill Kartaveerya and the unjust kshatriyas. He also refused to teach martial arts to anyone who was born to the kshatriya caste. He taught Karna but in the end cursed him when he suspected him of being a kshatriya. Although Karna was born into the warrior clan he was unaware of this at that point of time; in fact, Karna saw himself as a sudra (lower caste) as he was brought up by charioteer Adiratha, and he lied to Parashurama about being a brahmin instead. Parashurama himself was born to a brahmin father and a kshatriya mother.
Mother: Renuka
Father: Jamadagni
Siblings: Rumawan, Susena, Wasu, Wiswawasu
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