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Definition of Ramayana
1. Noun. One of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne.
Definition of Ramayana
1. n. The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
Definition of Ramayana
1. Proper noun. One of the ancient Sanskrit epic of Hindu mythology about the incarnation of Vishnu, the R?ma. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Ramayana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists by Nivedita, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1914)
"CHAPTER II : THE ramayana Sources VALMIKI is a name almost as shadowy as Homer.
... According to the ramayana, he was a contemporary of Rama, and sheltered ..."
2. India and the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal and Burma by James Talboys Wheeler, Edgar Saltus (1899)
"CHAPTER II ramayana—OUDE ABOUT BC 1000 THE ramayana is a Sanskrit epic like the
... The date of the composition of the ramayana is a very different matter; ..."
3. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"The ramayana heals diseases, removes all fear of enemies, compensates for all
loss of wealth or fame, prevents loss of life, and secures all that is desired ..."
4. Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali Books in the British Museum by Ernst Anton Max Haas, Cecil Bendall, Lionel David Barnett, British Museum Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts (1908)
"Select stanzas from the ramayana, with Tamil glosses and commentary by ...
[ramayana. A series of abridged extracts from the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"As to th6' meaning of the chief part of the ramayana, it has been held by former
... It is also quite within the bounds of possibility that ramayana, ..."
6. The Theosophist by Theosophical Society (Madras, India) (1901)
"ramayana is so well-known in every Hindu household that it is ... Inmost of the
Devi temples in Kerala, ramayana is put on the stage for not less than seven ..."
7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The ramayana is often likened to the 'Iliad,' to which it bears great resemblance.
... ramayana, ra-ma'ya-na. See SANSKRIT LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. ..."
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