MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Parashurama mean?
Paraśu is an axe, the distinctive weapon of this Rama. Parashurama is traditionally counted as the sixth incarnation of Vishnu. He is traditionally the son of the sage Jamadagni and Renuka.
Pronunciation
IAST: paraśurāma
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
परशुराम
Letter-by-letter: paraśurāma
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Parashurama in Indian usage
49,747 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling परशुराम.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 431 records (0.9%).
- Recorded as male: 49,316 records (99.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 102 |
| 1930s | 1,095 |
| 1940s | 4,091 |
| 1950s | 7,576 |
| 1960s | 11,502 |
| 1970s | 11,347 |
| 1980s | 9,248 |
| 1990s | 4,786 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 30,032 |
| Bihar | 13,247 |
| Jharkhand | 2,467 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,266 |
| Rajasthan | 1,105 |
| Other states | 630 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, paraśurāma, p. 589,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.