Ramayana

See also: Ra-ma-ya-na

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ramayana

1. One of the ancient Sanskrit epics of Hindu mythology about the incarnation of Vishnu, the Rāma.

Translations

ancient Sanskrit epic

• Bengali: রামায়ণ (ramayôṇ)
• Burmese: ရာမာယဏ (ramaya.na.)
• Hindi: रामायण (hi) (rāmāyaṇ)
• Kannada: ರಾಮಾಯಣ (rāmāyaṇa)
• 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)