Jamadagni
Also known as: Jamadagní · Role: father of Ráma With The Axe · First appears: Book I, Canto 74 · Ráma With The Axe
In Book I, Canto 75, Ráma With The Axe tells how Arjun “slew my noble sire by guile,” identifying Jamadagni as his father. He also says that Richíka was his sire and that he inherited the bow. In Book II, Canto 21, Jamadagni is named as the sire whom Ráma With The Axe obeyed when he killed his mother, Reṇuká.
Relationship record
Life events
- Arjun slew Jamadagni by guile.(Book I, Canto 75 · The Parle)
- With: Arjun
- “But Arjun stooped to treachery vile And slew my noble sire by guile,”
Book I, Canto 74 · Ráma With The Axe
- child: Ráma With The Axe “Saw Jamadagni’s son with dread,”
Book I, Canto 75 · The Parle
- child: Ráma With The Axe “Great Jamadagni owned, my sire.”
- enemies with Arjun “But Arjun stooped to treachery vile And slew my noble sire by guile,”
- patron: Richíka (The passage states Jamadagni inherited the bow from Richíka.) “Then Jamadagni, Bráhman dread, My sire, the bow inherited.”
- parent: Richíka “To great Richíka Vishṇu lent To be a pledge and ornament, Then Jamadagni, Bráhman dread, My sire, the bow inherited.”
Book I, Canto 76 · Debarred From Heaven
- child: Ráma With The Axe “Then Jamadagni’s son he eyed,”
Book II, Canto 21 · Kausalyá Calmed
- married with Reṇuká “So Jamadagní’s son obeyed His sire, when in the wood he laid His hand upon his axe, and smote Through Renuká his mother’s throat.”
- with Ráma (interaction) “So Jamadagní’s son obeyed His sire, when in the wood he laid His hand upon his axe, and smote Through Renuká his mother’s throat.”
⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →
Extracted from the original text of The Rámáyan of Válmíki. Made with Rho MD.