The Open court . im. -v^^ m P^^^s *-^ ?.fe^-,t*^,.a^. The Vamana Avatar or DwarfIncarnation. The Parashura Avatar or Battle-ax Incarnation. wealth of the Brahman, tries to take the cow from him, but thecow kills all who dare to approach her, and rises into heaven,whereupon Karttavirya in his wrath slays the pious , the son of the murdered Brahman, invokes Vishnus helpfor the punishment of the wicked king, and the god not only pre-sents him with a bow and a battle-ax, which latter is called in San-skrit paracus, the Greek TtiXeicvs (hence the name of this avatar),but also incarnat

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The Open court . im. -v^^ m P^^^s *-^ ?.fe^-,t*^,.a^. The Vamana Avatar or DwarfIncarnation. The Parashura Avatar or Battle-ax Incarnation. wealth of the Brahman, tries to take the cow from him, but thecow kills all who dare to approach her, and rises into heaven,whereupon Karttavirya in his wrath slays the pious , the son of the murdered Brahman, invokes Vishnus helpfor the punishment of the wicked king, and the god not only pre-sents him with a bow and a battle-ax, which latter is called in San-skrit paracus, the Greek TtiXeicvs (hence the name of this avatar),but also incarnates himself in Rama. Karttavirya is described to bein possession of a thousand arms, wielding a thousand weapons,but Rama, endowed with the divine powers of Vishnu, conquershim after a decisive struggle. 470 THE OPEN COURT. The Rama Chandra avatar has taken a firm hold on the Indianmind, and is described in the Ramayana, an epic which is the

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