Ramayana Definition

rə-mäyə-nə
noun
One of the two great epics of India, written in Sanskrit some time after the Mahabharata and telling of Rama.
Webster's New World
Advertisement

Origin of Ramayana

  • Sanskrit Rāmāyaṇam the going of Rama Rāmaḥ Rama ayanam a going, way (from eti ay- he goes ei- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ramayana Sentence Examples

  • The Ramayana and Mahabharata afford evidence of the employment of incense by the Hindus, in the worship of the gods and the burning of the dead, from the remotest antiquity.

  • The principal cities of India at this date were Ayodhya, the capital of Kosala at the time of the Ramayana, though it after wards gave place to Sravasti, which was one of the Capital cities.

  • Dramatic works exist, as also a version of the Ramayana in the first volume of the Bstodts'ogs of the Bstan-hgyur.

  • During his residence at Ajodhya the Lord Rama is said to have appeared to him in a dream, and to have commanded him to write a Ramayana in the language used by the common people.

  • A synopsis of The Ramayana is the story of the life of Lord Rama, an earthly incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Advertisement

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to Ramayana using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

RRARAM

Words Ending With

ANAANA

Unscrambles

Ramayana

Words Starting With R and Ending With A

Starts With R & Ends With AStarts With RA & Ends With AStarts With R & Ends With NA

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With A