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Word (IAST)	Word (Devanagari)	Overview
rāmā	रामा	f. a beautiful woman, any young and charming woman, mistress, wife, any woman, [KaṭhUp.]; [MBh.] &c. (for comp. See p. 878)
		a dark woman i.e. a woman of low origin, [TS.]; [TĀr.]
		N. of various plants (Jonesia Asoka; Aloe Perfoliata; Asa Foetida &c.), [L.] vermilion, [L.]
		red earth, [L.]
		a kind of pigment (= gorocanā), [L.]
		a river, [L.]
		a kind of metre, [L.]
		(in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.]
		N. of an Apsaras, [L.], Sch.
		of a daughter of Kumbhāṇḍa, [Hariv.]
		of the mother of the ninth Arhat of the present Ava-sarpiṇī, [L.]
		f. (of rāma) a lovely or charming woman.
rāmī	रामी	f. darkness, night, [RV.]
		See under rāmā.
rāma	राम	mf(A/)n. (prob. ‘causing rest’, and in most meanings fr. √ ram) dark, dark-coloured, black (cf. rātri), [AV.]; [TĀr.] (rāmaḥ śakuniḥ. a black bird, crow, [KāṭhGṛ.]; [Viṣṇ.])
		white (?), [L.]
		pleasing, pleasant, charming, lovely, beautiful, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		m. a kind of deer, [Car.]
		a horse, [L.]
		a lover, [VarBṛS.]
		pleasure, joy, delight, [BhP.]
		N. of Varuṇa, [L.]
		N. of various mythical personages (in Veda two Rāmas are mentioned with the patr. Mārgaveya and Aupatasvini; another R°s with the patr. Jāmadagnya [cf. below] is the supposed author of [RV. x, 110]; in later times three R°s are celebrated, viz. 1. Paraśu-rāma [q.v.], who forms the 6th Avatāra of Viṣṇu and is sometimes called Jāmadagnya, as son of the sage Jamad-agni by Reṇukā, and sometimes Bhārgava, as descended from Bhṛgu; 2. Rāma-candra [see below]; 3. Bala-rāma [q.v.], ‘the strong Rāma’, also called Halāyudha and regarded as elder brother of Kṛṣṇa [[RTL. 112]] accord. to Jainas a Rāma is enumerated among the 9 white Balas; and in [VP.] a R°s is mentioned among the 7 Ṛṣis of the 8th Manv-antara), [RV.] &c. &c. N. of a king of Malla-pura, [Cat.]
		of a king of Śṛṅga-vera and patron of Nāgeśa, [ib.]
		of various authors and teachers (also with ācārya, upādhyāya, kavi, cakra-vartin, jyotir-vid, jyautiṣaka, tarka-vāg-īśa, dīkṣita, daiva-jña, paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, bhaṭṭācārya, vājapeyin, śarman, śāstrin, saṃyamin, sūri &c.), [Cat.]
		N. of the number ‘three’ (on account of the 3 Rāmas), [Hcat.] (rāmasya iṣuḥ, a kind of cane = rāmakaṇḍa, [L.])
		pl. N. of a people, [VP.]
		n. id., [ib.]
		the leaf of Laurus Cassia, [L.]
		Chenopodium Album, [L.]
		= kuṣṭha, [L.]
rāmi	रामि	m. patr. fr. rāma, g. bāhv-ādi.
rāmbha	राम्भ	m. (fr. 1. rambha) the bamboo staff of a religious student, [L.]
rāmin	रामिन्	See kṣaṇa-rāmin.
rāmyā	राम्या	rā́myā ([RV.]) or rāmyā́ ([AV.]), f. night.
rāmaṇā	रामणा	f. N. of an Apsaras, [R.] (v.l. vāmanā).
rāmaṇa	रामण	m. Diospyros Embryopteris, [L.] (v.l. ramaṇa)
		a tree resembling the Melia Bukayun, [L.]
rāmaṇi	रामणि	m. patr. [Pravar.]
rāmaṭhī	रामठी	f. the resin of Gardenia Gummifera, [L.]
rāmaṭha	रामठ	m. n. Asa Foetida, [L.]
		m. Alangium Hexapetalum, [L.]
		m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]
rāmaja	रामज	rāma—ja m. N. of a man, [Rājat.]
rāmaka	रामक	mfn. (fr. Caus. of √ ram) delighting, gratifying, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 34]
		= ramaka, enjoying one's self, playing, sporting, [Vop.]
		m. a partic. form of a temple, [Hcat.]
		a partic. mixed caste, [Vas.] (either ‘a Vaidehaka who sews and dyes clothes’, or ‘a Māgadha who lives as a messenger’, [L.])
		N. of Rāma Rāghava, [AgP.]
		of a mountain, [MBh.]
rāmala	रामल	m. N. of a man, [Rājat.]
rāmeśa	रामेश	m. (with bhāratī) N. of an author, [ib.]
		(with bhaṭṭa) of another man, [ib.]
		n. N. of a Liṅga, [ib.]
rāmeṣu	रामेषु	m. ‘R°'s arrow’, N. of a species of sugar-cane, [L.]
		of a man, [Daś.]
rāmila	रामिल	m. a lover, husband, [L.]
		the god of love, [L.]
		(also °laka), N. of a poet, [Cat.]
rāmoda	रामोद	m. N. of a man g. aśvādi.
rāmuṣa	रामुष	m. or n. N. of a place, [Rājat.]
rāmārcā	रामार्चा	f. N. of 2 ch. of the Agastya-saṃhitā
rāmāryā	रामार्या	f. N. of a poem by Rāma-candra
rāmārya	रामार्य	m. N. of the Guru of Śaṃkara, [Cat.]
rāmaṛṣi	रामऋषि	rāma—ṛṣi See rāma-rṣi.
rāmajit	रामजित्	rāma—jit m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
rāmakṛt	रामकृत्	rāma—kṛt m. (in music) N. of a Rāga, [Saṃgīt.]
rāmakrī	रामक्री	rāma—krī f. (in music) N. of a Rāga, [Saṃgīt.]
rāmarṣi	रामर्षि	rāma—rṣi m. N. of a Scholiast (also called -ṛṣi), [ib.]
rāmatva	रामत्व	rāma—tva n. the being Rāma, [Hariv.]; [R.]
rāmādhāra	रामाधार	rāmādvaya and , m. N. of two authors, [L.]
rāmādevī	रामादेवी	rāmā—devī f. N. of the mother of Jaya-deva, [Gīt.]
rāmānuja	रामानुज	m. ‘younger brother of Rāma’ (this title would be applicable to Kṛṣṇa as born after Bala-rāma of the same father)
		N. of a celebrated Vaiṣṇava reformer (founder of a particular Vedantic school which taught the doctrine of viśiṣṭādvaita or qualified non-duality i.e. that the human spirit is separate and different from the one Supreme Spirit though dependent on it and ultimately to be united with it; he lived at Kāñcīpuram and Śrī-raṅgam in the South of India, in the 12th century, and is believed by his followers to have been an incarnation of Śeṣa; he is also called Rāmānujācārya and Yati-rāja; n. or °jam matam, Rāmānuja's doctrine), [RTL. 119, 448] &c.
		(with dīkṣita) N. of another author, [Cat.]
rāmāyaṇī	रामायणी	rāmāyaṇī́ (ī́), f. the female descendant of the Black One (rāma), [AV. vi, 83, 3]
rāmāyaṇa	रामायण	See , col. 3.
		mf(I)n. relating to Rāma (Dāśarathi), [ŚārṅgP.]
		n. (ramāyaṇa) N. of Vālmīki's celebrated poem, describing the ‘goings’ [ayana] of Rāma and Sitā (it contains about 24000 verses in 7 books called Kāṇḍas, viz. 1. Bāla-kāṇḍa or Ādi-k°; 2. Ayodhyā-k°; 3. Araṇya-k°; 4. Kiṣ-kindhyā-k°; 5. Sundara-k°; 6. Yuddha-k°; 7. Uttara-k°; part of the 1st book and the 7th are thought to be comparatively modern additions; the latter gives the history of Rāma and Sītā after their re-union and installation as king and queen of Ayodhyā, afterwards dramatized by Bhava-bhūti in the Uttara-rāma-caritra; Rāma's character, as described in the Rāmāyaṇa, is that of a perfect man, who bears suffering and self-denial with superhuman patience; the author, Vālmīki, was probably a Brāhman connected with the royal family of Ayodhyā; and although there are three recensions of the poem, all of them go back to a lost original recension, the ground work of which, contained in books 2-6, in spite of many amplifications and interpolations, may be traced back to one man, and does not like the Mahābhārata, represent the production of different epochs and minds), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (cf. [IW. 335]).
rāmadhara	रामधर	rāma—dhara m. N. of a man, [Vās., Introd.]
rāmaśara	रामशर	rāma—śara m. a kind of sugar-cane, [L.]
rāmaśeṣa	रामशेष	rāma—śeṣa m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
rāmabāṇa	रामबाण	rāma—bāṇa m. a species of cane, [L.]
		a partic. medicinal preparation, [Bhpr.]
rāmacara	रामचर	rāma—cara m. N. of Bala-rāma, [L.]
rāmadāsa	रामदास	rāma—dāsa m. N. of a minister of Akbar, [Cat.]
		of the father of Dharma-gupta, [ib.]
		of the son of Ratnākara (father of Mahī-dhara; he is also called Rāma-bhakta), [ib.]
		of another man, [ib.]
		(also with miśra and dikṣita) of various authors, [ib.]
rāmadūtī	रामदूती	rāma—dūtī f. a kind of basil, [L.]
rāmadūta	रामदूत	rāma—dūta m. ‘R°s's messenger’, N. of Hanumat, [L.]
		a monkey, [L.]
rāmadayā	रामदया	rāma—dayā f. N. of wk. on Bhakti.
rāmadeva	रामदेव	rāma—deva m. N. of R°s Dāśarathi, [RāmatUp.]
		(also with miśra and ciraṃ-jīva) N. of various authors and other men, [Cat.]
rāmagītā	रामगीता	rāma—gītā f. N. of a ch. of the Adhyātma-rāmāyaṇa (in which spiritual knowledge is shown to be better than ritualistic observances; also pl.)
		of a ch. of the [SkandaP.]
rāmagiri	रामगिरि	rāma—giri m. ‘R°s's mountain’, N. of sev. mountains (esp. accord. to some, of Citra-kūṭa in Bundelkhand and of another hill near Nagpore, now called Ramtek), [Megh.]; [VP.]
rāmahari	रामहरि	rāma—hari m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
rāmakīrī	रामकीरी	rāma—kīrī See -kirī.
rāmakathā	रामकथा	rāma—kathā f. N. of wk. (also °thāmṛta n. and °thā-saṃgraha, m.)
rāmakarī	रामकरी	rāma—karī f. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī, [W.] (prob. w.r. for -kirī, q.v.)
rāmakelī	रामकेली	rāma—kelī f. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī, [Saṃgīt.]
rāmakirī	रामकिरी	rāma—kirī f. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī, [Saṃgīt.] (also written -kīrī or -karī).
rāmalīlā	रामलीला	rāma—līlā f. N. of the dramatic representation of Sitā's abduction by Rāvaṇa and her recovery by R° (performed at the annual festival which takes place in Northern India in the beginning of October and corresponds to the Durgā-pūjā of Bengal), [IW. 365 n. 1]
rāmalekhā	रामलेखा	rāma—lekhā f. N. of a princess, [Rājat.]
rāmamaya	राममय	rāma—maya m. (with śarman) N. of a Sch. on [Mṛcch.] & [Vikr.]
rāmanātha	रामनाथ	rāma—nātha m. ‘R's lord’, N. of R°s Dāśarathi, [W.]
		(with hosalādhīśvara) of a king of Deva-giri (also called Rāma-candra), [Cat.]
		of a teacher (also called Rāma-candra), [ib.]
		of another man, [ib.]
		(also with cakra-vartin, vidyā-vācas-pati, and siddhānta) of various authors, [ib.]
rāmanāma	रामनाम	rāma—nāma ‘R°s's name’ (in comp. for -nāman)
rāmanidhi	रामनिधि	rāma—nidhi m. (with śarman) N. of an author, [ib.]
rāmapāla	रामपाल	rāma—pāla m. N. of a man, [Rājat.]
rāmapūga	रामपूग	rāma—pūga m. Areca Triandra, [L.]
rāmapūjā	रामपूजा	rāma—pūjā f. worship of R°s
rāmapara	रामपर	rāma—para m. n. N. of wk.
rāmapati	रामपति	rāma—pati m. N. of the father of Viṣṇu-pati, [Cat.]
		of an author, [ib.]
rāmapura	रामपुर	rāma—pura n. N. of a village, [L.]
rāmarāja	रामराज	rāma—rāja m. N. of an author, [Bhpr.]
rāmarāma	रामराम	rāma—rāma m. N. of a preceptor, [Cat.]
		of another man, [ib.]
		(with nyāyālaṃkāra) of a Scholiast.
rāmarāsa	रामरास	rāma—rāsa m. N. of wk.
rāmasāhi	रामसाहि	rāma—sāhi m. N. of a king, [Inscr.]
rāmasakha	रामसख	rāma—sakha m. ‘R°s's friend’, N. of Sugrīva, [L.]
rāmasena	रामसेन	rāma—sena m. N. of the author of the Rasa-sārāmṛta, [Cat.]
rāmasetu	रामसेतु	rāma—setu m. ‘R°s's bridge’, the ridge of coral rocks by which Rāma crossed to Ceylon (now called Adam's bridge, cf. Rāmeśvara below), [Cat.]
		N. of a poem (= setu-bandha)
rāmavāṇa	रामवाण	rāma—vāṇa See -bāṇa.
rāmavīṇā	रामवीणा	rāma—vīṇā f. ‘R°s's lute’, a kind of lute (said to be also applicable ironically to the horn blown by Bala-rāma), [L.]
rāmendra	रामेन्द्र	m. (with yati, yogin and sarasvatī) N. of 3 teachers, [Cat.]
rāmodaya	रामोदय	m. N. of a drama.
rāmāṇḍāra	रामाण्डार	m. N. of a Sch. on [ĀpŚr.] (also called Rāmāgnicit).
rāmāśrama	रामाश्रम	m. N. of various authors (also with ācārya), [Cat.]
rāmācakra	रामाचक्र	rāmā—cakra prob. w.r. for rāma-cakra, [Cat.]
rāmādvaya	रामाद्वय	and rāmādhāra, m. N. of two authors, [L.]
rāmāgnija	रामाग्निज	rāmāgni-ja (?) m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
rāmāmātya	रामामात्य	m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
rāmānanda	रामानन्द	m. N. of a disciple of Rāmānuja (see below) and founder of a subdivision of his sect, [W.]
		(also with ācārya, yati, vācas-pati, sarasvatī &c.) of various authors and other men, [Cat.]
rāmārcana	रामार्चन	n. worship of Rāma
rāmāṣṭaka	रामाष्टक	n. ‘eight verses of R°s’, N. of various Stotras
rāmabhadra	रामभद्र	rāma—bhadra m. N. of R°s Dāśarathi, [Uttarar.]; [Kathās.]
		of two kings, [Cat.]
		of various authors and teachers (also with dīkṣita, bhaṭṭa, bhaṭṭācārya, miśra, yajvan, yati, sarasvatī, sārvabhauma &c.), [ib.]
rāmabhakta	रामभक्त	rāma—bhakta m. a worshipper of R°s [RāmatUp.]
		N. of a man (= rāmadāsa, q.v.), [Cat.]
rāmadhyāna	रामध्यान	rāma—dhyāna n. N. of wk.
rāmaṇyaka	रामण्यक	n. loveliness, beauty, [R. (B.)]
rāmaśiṣya	रामशिष्य	rāma—śiṣya m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
rāmacakra	रामचक्र	rāma—cakra n. N. of a partic. mystical circle, [Cat.] (also read rāmāc°).
rāmadatta	रामदत्त	rāma—datta m. N. of a minister of Nṛ-siṃha (king of Mithilā), [Cat.]
		(also with mantrin) of various authors, [ib.]
rāmadurga	रामदुर्ग	rāma—durga n. N. of a Stotra (attributed to Viśvāmitra).
rāmagaṅgā	रामगङ्गा	rāma—gaṅgā f. N. of a river, [Inscr.]
rāmagrāma	रामग्राम	rāma—grāma m. N. of a kingdom, [Buddh.]
rāmahrada	रामह्रद	rāma—hrada m. ‘R°s's lake’, N. of a sacred bathing-place, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
rāmakāṇḍa	रामकाण्ड	rāma—kāṇḍa m. a species of cane, [L.]
rāmakānta	रामकान्त	rāma—kānta m. = (or w.r. for) prec. [L.]
		N. of various authors (also with vācas-pati and vidyā-vāg-īśa), [Cat.]
rāmakāvya	रामकाव्य	rāma—kāvya n. N. of a poem.
rāmakaṇṭha	रामकण्ठ	rāma—kaṇṭha m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
rāmakalpa	रामकल्प	rāma—kalpa m. N. of a ch. of the Agastyasaṃhitā

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