Ramayana

[rah-mah-yuh-nuh]

noun

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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There are innumerable renderings of the Ramayana in the Indian languages.
My Reminiscences
Rabindranath Tagore
In the metre which so came to him he afterwards composed his Ramayana.
My Reminiscences
Rabindranath Tagore
The hero of the Ramayana is a hero of virtue, not of the battle.
The History of Antiquity, Volume IV (of 6)
Max Duncker
The Ramayana describes the abodes in the forest and the life of the penitents.
The History of Antiquity, Volume IV (of 6)
Max Duncker
Place of pilgrimage for Hindus; mentioned in 'Mahabharata' and 'Ramayana.'
A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia
J. G. Bartholomew

British Dictionary definitions for ramayana

Ramayana

noun

a Sanskrit epic poem, composed about 300 bc, recounting the feats of Ramachandra

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