Ramayana

American  

[rah-mah-yuh-nuh] / rɑˈmɑ yə nə /

noun

1. an epic of India, one of the Puranas attributed to Valmiki and concerned with the life and adventures of Ramachandra and his wife Sita.

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Ramayana British  

/ rɑːˈmaɪənə /

noun

1. a Sanskrit epic poem, composed about 300 _bc , recounting the feats of Ramachandra

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Example Sentences

Formed in 2007 during an era of political upheaval, the group looked to escape to their own figurative island, drawing name inspiration from the Hindu epic of  Ramayana, a tale where good triumphs over evil.

From Los Angeles Times

Supporters describe them as "two wheels of a car" and compare them to the brothers Ram and Lakshman from the Hindu epic Ramayana.

From BBC

As the hero of the Ramayana epic, he is a king and a paragon of virtue, exiled from his native Ayodhya, who comes home for a jubilant coronation.

From New York Times

However, as grown women, we need to embrace the complex version of the "Ramayana."

From Salon

My parents had ensured that I watch re-enacted versions of the Indian epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana on our tiny TV screen in my small Iowan midwestern town.

From Salon