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Kartavirya Arjuna

Also called: Sahasrarjuna, Kartaviryarjuna

The thousand-armed king of the Haihayas at Mahishmati on the Narmada, who took Jamadagni's cow and lost his arms and his life to Parashurama.

Sources: Mahabharata, Vana Parva 116 to 117, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883 to 1896); Bhagavata Purana 9.15 to 9.16 (Vedabase) · see Kartavirya Arjuna's web

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Kartavirya Arjuna slain by

Parashurama (Avatar) Vaishnava · Parashurama and the thousand-armed king
Cuts off his thousand arms.

Stories 1

Parashurama and the thousand-armed king
From the epics · as the thousand-armed king · 2 tellings

Cited

Mahabharata, Vana Parva 116 to 117, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883 to 1896) Primary text (translation)
Bhagavata Purana 9.15 to 9.16 (Vedabase) Primary text (translation)