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# A – Axe-Wielding Avatara (14-16)

*Lord Parasurama, the fearsome avatara who annihilated the administrators with His axe, appeared in the Soma Vamsa (dynasty of the moon-god). Disgusted by their degradation, Parasurama annihilated the ksatriyas twenty- one times, after which He renounced all His weapons. He then entered the Mahendra mountains (where He still resides), worshipped by Siddhas, Charanas, and Gandharvas.*