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Rama as a first name appears in the Vedic literature, associated with two patronymic names – Margaveya and Aupatasvini – representing different individuals. A third individual named Rama Jamadagnya is the purported author of hymn 10.110 of the Rigveda in the Hindu tradition. [ 25 ]
Ramayana has had a profound influence on India and Indians across the geographical and historical space. Rampur is the most common name for villages and towns across the nation particularly UP, Bihar and West Bengal. [89] It is so common that people have been using Ram Ram as a greeting to each other. [90] [91]
In the Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred book and current guru of Sikhism, the name of Rama is the second most commonly used name for the formless God after the name Hari. In the Vishnu Sahasranama, a popular verse indicates the significance of the name of Rama. [4] In the Padma Purana, Shiva recites the verse to his consort Parvati: [5]
At the beginning of the Ramcharitmanas, there is a section devoted to the veneration of the name of Rama. [109] As per Tulsidas, repeating the name of Rama is the only means to attain God in the Kali age where the means suited for other ages like meditation, Karma, and Puja are ineffective. [110]
In the regional literature of Kerala, he is the founder of the land, the one who brought it out of the sea and settled a Hindu community there. [6] He is also known as Rama Jamadagnya and Rama Bhargava in some Hindu texts. [3] He is the only incarnation of Vishnu who never dies, never returns to abstract Vishnu and lives in meditative ...
Hanuman: A divine vanara companion and devotee of the god Rama. Hanuman is one of the central figures of the epic. He is a brahmachari (life long celibate) and one of the chiranjivis. In some versions of the epic, he is described as an avatar of Shiva. Hema: An apsara in Indra's court. When Mayasura visited Svarga, he saw and married her.
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Rama, known in the Ramakien as Phra Ram, has ancestors tracing back to Phra Narai through King Thotsarot. Phra Ram himself is a reincarnation of Phra Narai, and his brothers Phra Lak, Phra Phrot and Phra Satarut are manifestations of Phra Narai's emblems: the serpent, the discus, and the mace, respectively.