Ramayana

See also: Ra-ma-ya-na

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit रामायणम् (rāmāyaṇam), from रामा (rāmā) + यणम् (yaṇam), inflected form of यान (yāna, “journey”). Doublet of Ramin.

Proper noun

Ramayana

1. An ancient epic of Indian mythology about the legendary king Rāma.

Translations

ancient Sanskrit epic

• Bengali: রামায়ণ (ramaẏôn)
• Burmese: ရာမာယဏ (ramaya.na.), ရာမဇာတ်တော် (rama.jattau)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅摩衍那 (zh), 罗摩衍那 (zh) (Luómóyǎnnà)

• Hindi: रामायण (hi) (rāmāyaṇ)
• Hungarian: Rámájana (hu)

• Kannada: ರಾಮಾಯಣ (rāmāyaṇa)
• Khmer: រាមកេរ្តិ៍ (riem kee)
• Malayalam: രാമായണം (ml) (rāmāyaṇaṃ)
• Marathi: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
• Sanskrit: रामायणम् (sa) (rāmāyaṇam)
• Tamil: இராமாயணம் (ta) (irāmāyaṇam)
• Telugu: రామాయణము (te) (rāmāyaṇamu)
• Thai: รามายณะ (raa-maa-yá-ná)