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Rama (/ ˈ r ɑː m ə /; [4] Sanskrit: राम, IAST: Rāma, Sanskrit: ⓘ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu . [ 5 ] In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being.
The ramanama (Sanskrit: रामनाम, romanized: rāmanāma, lit. 'the name of Rama') is the Hindu practice of ritually chanting the name of the deity Rama, an avatar of Vishnu. [1] Rama's name is often chanted or sung within several traditions of Hinduism in the form of a japa, or meditative repetition. [2]
This mantra is composed of three Sanskrit names – "Krishna", "Rama", and "Hare". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Since the 1960s, the mantra has been widely known outside India through A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his movement, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas or the Hare Krishna movement).
An eleventh-century Sanskrit play entitled Mahanataka by Hanumat relates the story of Rama in nine, ten, or fourteen acts, depending on recension. [14] Pratima Natak by Bhāsa starts with Rama's coronation, which is stopped by Kaikeyi, and Rama's exile, which leads to Dasratha's death. When Bharat arrives at Ayodhya he sees the statue of his ...
O mind, worship Lord Rama, who is friend of the poor, who is as bright as the sun, who is destroyer of the descendants of demons and monsters. He is the source of the delight of the Raghu lineage, a cloud of bliss, the moon in the sky of the Kosala country (Ayodhya), and the son of Dasharatha. ॥3॥
The Rama Raksha Stotra (Sanskrit: रामरक्षास्तोत्रम्, romanized: rāma-rakṣā-stotram) is a Sanskrit stotra, a hymn of praise ...
Adhyatma Ramayana represents the story of Rama in a spiritual context. The text constitutes over 35% of the chapters of Brahmanda Purana, often circulated as an independent text in the Vaishnavism tradition, [9] and is an Advaita Vedanta treatise of over 65 chapters and 4,500 verses.
[8] [9] Nama Ramayana is a devotional song in Sanskrit, [10] [11] which narrates the Ramayana through the chanting of the many names of Rama. [12] It has 108 verses, commencing with "Shuddha Brahma Paratpara Rama" and each of its lines ending with 'Rama' [ 13 ] [ 14 ] – only some versions contain the verse "Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram", [ 15 ...