Ramayana

See also: Ra-ma-ya-na

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa). Doublet of Ramin.

Proper noun

the Ramayana

1. (Hinduism, Jainism, mythology) An ancient Sanskrit epic of Indian mythology about the legendary king Rāma.

Derived terms

• Ramayana monkey chant

Translations

ancient Sanskrit epic

• Assamese: ৰামায়ণ (ramayon)
• Bengali: রামায়ণ (bn) (ramaẏon)
• Burmese: ရာမာယဏ (ramaya.na.), ရာမဇာတ်တော် (rama.jattau)
• Chinese:

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

• Hindi: रामायण (hi) (rāmāyaṇ)
• Hungarian: Rámájana (hu)
• Kannada: ರಾಮಾಯಣ (rāmāyaṇa)
• Khmer: រាមកេរ្តិ៍ (riem kee)
• Malayalam: രാമായണം (ml) (rāmāyaṇaṁ)
• Marathi: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
• Russian: Рамаяна f (Ramajana)
• Sanskrit: रामायणम् (sa) (rāmāyaṇam)
• Sindhi: رامائِڻُ (rāmā‘inu)
• Tamil: இராமாயணம் (ta) (irāmāyaṇam)
• Telugu: రామాయణము (te) (rāmāyaṇamu)
• Thai: รามายณะ (raa-maa-yá-ná)