A Brāhmaṇa and de- scendant of Bhṛgu and father of Paraśurāma. [Jamadagni was the son of Ṛcīka and Satyavatī. He was a pious sage, deeply engaged in study, and is said to have obtain- ed 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 Citraratha and his queen) sporting and playing in the...