Editing Jamadagni (section)

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Growing up, Jamadagni studied hard and achieved erudition in his studies of the [[Vedas]]. He is said to have acquired knowledge regarding the science of weapons without any formal instruction, with the guidance of his father. The ''Aushanasa Dhanurveda,'' now lost, is about a conversation between Jamadagni and [[Shukra|Ushanas]] on the exercises of warfare.

After achieving the status of a rishi, Jamadagni visited a number of holy sites, and finally reached the palace of King Prasenajit of the [[Solar dynasty]]. He fell in love with his daughter, Princess Renuka, upon seeing her, and asked the king for her hand in marriage. Subsequently, the two were married, and had five sons: Ṛumaṇvān, Suhotra, Vasu, Viśvāvasu, and Rama, later known as Parshurama.<ref name="Kapoor2004" /><ref name="Williams2003">{{cite book|author=George Mason Williams|title=Handbook of Hindu Mythology|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9791576071068|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-106-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9791576071068/page/160 160]–161}}</ref><ref name="BonnefoyDoniger1993">{{cite book|author1=Yves Bonnefoy|author2=Wendy Doniger|title=Asian Mythologies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4I-FsZCzJEC&pg=PA83|year=1993|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-06456-7|pages=82–83}}</ref> The couple started to engage in [[Tapas (Indian religions)|tapasya]] along the banks of the river Narmada.

He receives [[Sharanga (Hindu mythology)|Sharanga]], the celestial bow of Vishnu, from his father, Richika.