hatchet, axe AN.iii.162; Ja.i.199, Ja.i.399; Ja.ii.409 Ja.v.500; Dhp-a.ii.204; Pv-a.277. The spelling parasu occurs at SN.v.441 & Ja.iii.179.

cp. Vedic paraśu = Gr. πέλεκυς; on p → ph cp. Prk. pharasu & parasu, Pischel Gr. § 208; Geiger, Gr. § 40