Character
ジャマダグニ
जमदग्निJamadagni
- verses
- 442
- books
- 26
- chapters
- 184
What the texts say
In the Mahabharata, Jamadagni is a Bhargava sage, a descendant of Bhrigu, born to Satyavati and devoted to austerities. Mahabharata 3.115.28, 12.49.27 The Bhagavata Purana tells how he married Renuka, daughter of Renu, and their youngest son was Parashurama. Bhagavatam 9.15.12 There, Kartavirya Arjuna and his men, the Haihayas, wanted Jamadagni's sacred cow Kamadhenu and carried her, crying, to Mahishmati, Kartavirya Arjuna's capital. Bhagavatam 9.15.25, 9.15.26 The Mahabharata says that Parashurama, unable to endure his father's killing, slew the Haihaya king. Mahabharata 1.98.1 In the same epic, the ascetic Jamadagni granted Parashurama long life and the boons he desired. Mahabharata 3.116.18
Where to read
Every verse that names ジャマダグニ, book by book.
- 6.1.66.7
かつて、ブラーフマナたちよ、彼の父ジャマダグニはクシャトリヤによって討たれた。しかもその最勝の再生者は自らのダルマに堅く立ち、何の咎もなかったのである。
- 3.1.5.119
憐れみをもって、彼は泣き崩れる王妃を自らのアーシュラマへ連れ帰り、師ジャマダグニに申し上げた。法にかなう魂をもつジャマダグニは、傍らで彼女を慰めた。
- 6.1.32.5
「オーム、アトリに帰依し奉る。オーム、ヴァシシュタに帰依し奉る。オーム、カシュヤパに帰依し奉る。オーム、バラドヴァージャに帰依し奉る。オーム、ガウタマに帰依し奉る。オーム、カウシカに帰依し奉る。オーム、ジャマダグニに帰依し奉る。オーム、アルンダティーに帰依し奉る。」—これらが礼拝の真言である。「ジャフヌの娘(ガンガー)により身を清められ、ジャパの数珠を手にする聖仙(ṛṣi)よ、我が捧げるアルギャ(供水)をお受け取りください—あらゆる願いの成就を授ける御方よ。」
- 6.1.66.7
Also named in
- Bhagavatam29 verses
- Narasimha Purana20 verses
- Mudgala Purana19 verses
- Samba Purana12 verses
- Ramayana9 verses
- Devi Bhagavatam9 verses
- Krishna Yajurveda7 verses
- Brahma Purana6 verses
- Garuda Purana6 verses
- Rig Veda5 verses
- Atharvaveda5 verses
- Kurma Purana5 verses
- Agni Purana4 verses
- Narada Purana4 verses
- Shiva Purana3 verses
- Varaha Purana3 verses
- Matsya Purana3 verses
- Linga Purana2 verses
- Vishnu Purana2 verses
- Kapila Purana2 verses
- Shukla Yajurveda2 verses
- Markandeya Purana1 verse
Key chapters
The chapters where ジャマダグニ matters most.
Glory of Rāmahrada
Āraṇyaka Parva, Adhyāya 116: Jamadagni-Reṇukā Narrative and the Kārtavīrya Conflict (Akṛtavraṇa’s Account)
Ascetic patriarch whose tapas grants moral and supernatural…
The Incarnation of Parashurama and the Slaying of Kartavirya Arjuna
Chatra-Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative (Jamadagni-Reṇukā-Sūrya Saṃvāda)
Ascetic householder whose anger and power dramatize the danger…
Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear
Ascetic exemplar who unites spiritual cognition with…
Paraśurāma, Kārtavīryārjuna, and the Kāmadhenu Offense (with Lunar-line Genealogy to Gādhi and Jamadagni)
Brāhmaṇa-ṛṣi whose āśrama prosperity centers on kāmadhenu
The Origin and Merit of Donating Umbrellas and Sandals
Vidhūma-Alambusā Brahmaśāpa-nivṛttiḥ (Cakratīrtha Māhātmya) · Release from Brahmā’s Curse through Cakratīrtha
The Story of Parashurama
Nakula-rūpa Krodha: Jamadagni’s Kṣamā and the Release from the Pitṛ-Linked Curse (Chapter 96)
Exemplar of kṣamā (forbearance) whose non-reaction ‘defeats’…
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