Rama
Rama is a central figure in the Ramayana. He forms an alliance with Sugriva to defeat Vali and rescue his kidnapped wife, Sita. He is aided by his brother Lakshmana and the monkey-warrior Hanuman.
↻ synthesized from 12 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ramayana likely took final form in the early centuries CE, with roots in earlier oral traditions.
Relationships
- allied with
- Hanuman, Vanara, Sugriva, Lakshmana, Angada, Vishvamitra, Shabari, Atri, Vaishno Devi
- co occurs with
- Nila, Parvati, Kala, Sankarshana, ishta-devata, Narayana, Hamsa, Nrisingha, Nara-Narayana, The Fish, The Tortoise, The Boar, The Man-Lion, The Dwarf, Parasurama, Krisna, Buddha, Balarama, Dhanvantari, Kapila, Narsimha, Prithu, Mohini, Yajna, Dattatreya, Radha, Chaitanya, Niranjan, Nagalakshmi, Nityananda, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sita, Lakshmana, Sumitra, Janaka, Mandodari, Bali, Namuci, Valmiki, Tadaka, Nala, Lakshmi, Śiva, Krishna, Yama, Nārada, Śeṣa, Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Kamsa, Garuda, Kadru, Narasimha, Indra, Brahma, Agni, Kaśyapa, Subahu
- enemy of
- Ravana, Marisha, Vali, Dusana, Parashurama, Shurpanakha, Surpanakha, Khara, Akampana
- aspect of
- Vishnu
- syncretized with
- Sedhana
Mentioned by
- Angada
- Vishvamitra
- Shabari
- Atri
- Vaishno Devi
- Nala
- Lakshmi
- Śiva
- Krishna
- Yama
- Nārada
- Śeṣa
- Matsya
- Kurma
- Varaha
- Vamana
and 27 more
Sources
Source passages
“After his wife Sita is kidnapped by the demon-king Ravana, Rama and his brother Lakshmana wander the forest searching for her.”
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“Vanaras are created by Brahma to help Rama in battle against Ravana. They are powerful and have many godly traits. Taking Brahma's orders, the gods began to parent sons in the zion of Kishkindha (identified with parts of present-day Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra). Rama first met them in Dandaka Forest”
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“For example, Vaishnava schools offer worship exclusively to murtis of Vishnu, or his associated avatars such as Krishna or Rama.”
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“At the end of the story, Time, in the form of inevitability or necessity, informs Rama that his reign on Earth is now over. Lakshmana willingly passes away with Rama's blessing and Rama returns to Vaikuntha.”
#13429 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, the Man-Lion, the Dwarf, Parasurama, Rama, Krisna, Buddha, and also Kalki: These ten names should always be meditated upon by the wise.”
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