English word senses marked with topical category "Ramayana"
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Total 26 word senses
- Ahalya (Proper name) Name of the princess of Puru dynasty and wife of sage Gautama. She was seduced by Indra, cursed by her husband and liberated by Rāma in Ramayana.
- Angada (Proper name) Son of Vali, King of Kishkindha in Ramayana.
- Atikaya (Proper name) Name of one of the sons of Ravana in the Ramayana.
- Ayodhya (Proper name) A city, the administrative headquarters of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.
- Ayodhya (Proper name) A legendary city, the ancient capital of Kosala kingdom, and birthplace of the Hindu deity Rāma.
- Bajrangbali (Proper name) Hanuman, a Hindu deity
- Bharata (Proper name) A legendary emperor of India, and is referred to in Hindu and Jain theology. He was son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala.
- Dasharatha (Proper name) A king of Ayodhya and a descendant of the Ikshvaku dynasty in the Ramayana.
- Hanuman (Proper name) A Hindu demi-god who was a devotee of Lord Rama. He was born to Anjana and Vayu, plays the role of a god’s servant in Ramayana, and is also known as the "monkey god". He represents loyalty to the Lord and Master.
- Janaki (Proper name) An epithet (patronymic) of Sita in Ramayana.
- Kausalya (Proper name) The eldest wife of King Dasaratha, queen of Ayodhya and the mother of Rāma.
- Lakshmana (Proper name) A male given name from Sanskrit used mostly in India.
- Lanka (Proper name) The island city of Ravana in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.
- Lava (Proper name) One of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.
- Ravana (Proper name) The king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana.
- Rāma (Proper name) A mythological king of Ayodhya in ancient India, considered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and a lila-avatara described in Bhagavata Purana; one of the most worshipped Hindu deities.
- Sabari (Proper name) A tributary of the Godavari river in India.
- Shurpanakha (Proper name) The sister of Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
- Sita (Proper name) A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
- Srimati (Proper name) A Gandharva maid in Ramayana.
- Sugriva (Proper name) The younger brother of Vali, whom he succeeded as ruler of the Kishkindha in Ramayana.
- Sumitra (Proper name) The third wife of King Dasharatha; mother of twins Lakshmana and Shatrughna in Ramayana.
- Urmila (Proper name) The daughter of King Janaka of Mithila and the younger sister of Sita. She was the wife of Lakshmana in Ramayana.
- Vali (Proper name) King of Kishkindha, a son of Indra and the elder brother of Sugriva in Ramayana.
- Valmiki (Proper name) The poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature and the author of the epic Ramayana.
- Vibhishana (Proper name) A king of Lanka in the legendary epic Ramayana. He was the younger brother of the Rakshasa (demon) king Ravana of Lanka.
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