The Sanskrit term Paraśurāmāvatāra can be transliterated into English as Parasuramavatara or Parashuramavatara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (śilpa)

Paraśurāmāvatāra (परशुरामावतार) or Paraśurāma is one of the daśāvatāra (ten incarnations) of Viṣṇu, is found depicted at the  Kallazhagar Temple in  Madurai, which represents a sacred place for the worship of Viṣṇu.—Paraśurāma has two hands holding paraśu (axe) in his right hand and visiri (fan of palm leaves) in his left hand. His legs are found in āyata-maṇḍala.

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)

Paraśurāmāvatāra (परशुरामावतार) refers to one of the Daśāvatāra (“ten incarnations”) (of Lord Viṣṇu) to which are assign various hand gestures (in Indian Dramas), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, the kapittahasta is suggested to be used to identify the Paraśurāmāvatāra of lord Viṣṇu. In the Abhinayadarpaṇa, we find the guideline of making hastamudrā for this paraśurāma-avatāra as—the left hand should place in the waist and the ardhapatākahasta is held by the right hand.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paraśurāmāvatāra (परशुरामावतार):—[=paraśu-rāmāvatāra] [from paraśu-rāma > paraśu] m. Name of [work]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Parashu, Parashurama, Ramavatara, Avatara, Paracu.

Starts with: Parashuramavatarakathana.

Full-text: Parashurama, Parashuramavatarakathana, Dashavatara.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Parashuramavatara, Paraśurāma-avatāra, Parasuramavatara, Paraśurāmāvatāra, Parasurama-avatara, Parashurama-avatara, Parashu-ramavatara, Paraśu-rāmāvatāra, Parasu-ramavatara; (plurals include: Parashuramavataras, avatāras, Parasuramavataras, Paraśurāmāvatāras, avataras, ramavataras, rāmāvatāras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)

2.2. (d): Hand Gestures for Daśāvatāra < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]

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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)

Story of Avatāra

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