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A Brāhmaṇa and descendant of Bhṛigu and father of Paraśurāma. [Jamadagni was the son of Ṛichika and Satyavatī. He was a pious sage, deeply engaged in study, and is said to have obtained entire possession of the Vedas. His wife was Reṇukā who bore him five sons. One day when she had gone out to bathe, she beheld a loving pair of Gandharvas (according to some Chitraratha and his queen) sporting and playing in the water. The lovely sight made her feel envious of their pleasure, and she returned defiled by unworthy thoughts, 'wetted but not purified by the stream' Her husband, who was anger incarnate, seeing her shorn of the lustre of her sanctity, furiously scolded her, and ordered his sons, as they came in, to cut off her head. But the first four sons shrank from that cruel deed. It was only Paraśurāma, the youngest, that with characteristic obedience to his father's command, struck off her head with his axe. The deed pacified the father's anger, and he desired Paraśurāma to ask a boon. The kind-hearted son begged that his mother might be restored to life which the father readily granted.]

[gamad-agni] masculine noun of a Rishi: -vat, adverb, -ial, -ially like Gamadagni.

masculine gender (confer, compare √2. जम्) Name of a R2ishi ऋषि (descendant of Bhr2igu भृगु RAnukr.; son of Bha1rgava भार्गव R2ici1ka ऋचीक and father of Paras3u-ra1ma परशु-राम MBh. etc.; often named together with Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र as an adversary of Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ) fg-veda VS. AV. etc.

neuter gender Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ Reva1Kh. cccxxvi,feminine

(that the rest of a word is to be suppliedम्/अद्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective given by Jamadagni जमदग्नि fg-veda iii, 53, 15.

masculine gender plural the grey-haired Jamad-agni जमद्-अग्नि s (probably a branch of this family of R2ishis ऋषि s) fg-veda iii, 53, 16 (Sa1y.)

masculine gender dual number Vis3va1mitra विश्वामित्र and Jamad-agni जमद्-अग्नि fg-veda