Jamadagnikulāditya (जमदग्निकुलादित्य, IAST: Jamadagnikulāditya) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Sun of the lineage of Jamadagni”. From Jamadagni (the Bhārgava sage and father of Paraśurāma), kula (lineage, family, clan), and āditya (sun, brilliant one), this name glorifies Viṣṇu's avatāra Paraśurāma as the dazzling solar luminary of the Jamadagni dynasty.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Jamadagni was one of the saptaṛṣis (seven great sages) and belonged to the Bhārgava branch of Brahmin lineage; his son Paraśurāma (Rāma with the axe) is the sixth avatāra of Viṣṇu, renowned for his uncompromising adherence to dharma and martial prowess. Āditya, meaning 'son of Aditi' and used more broadly for the sun or any solar luminary, is applied here metaphorically to declare Paraśurāma as the radiant pride of his ancestral clan, illuminating it as the sun illuminates the sky. The name thus encapsulates Paraśurāma's dual identity as Brahmin sage and warrior-avatāra, the blazing glory of a sacred lineage.

Jamadagnikulāditya is primarily a devotional epithet of Paraśurāma used in Bhārgava and Paraśurāma-upāsanā traditions; as a compound it is too lengthy for a given name though Jamadagni itself is occasionally given to boys in traditional families. Pronounced jah-mah-DAHG-ni-koo-LAAH-dit-yah.

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Scriptural source

Jamadagnikulāditya appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Jamadagnikulāditya aligns with the Uttara ashadha nakshatra, under the Makara rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.