Rama (disambiguation)

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The word Rama can refer to:

Rama within the scriptures of India

• Rama, the legendary Indian king regarded as an incarnation of Vishnu
• Parasurama, Rama with the axe
• Radha-Raman, a name of the avatar, Krishna
• Balarama, brother of Krishna
• Nityananda Rama, the Vaishnava saint
• Ramā is another name of Lakshmi

Historical personalities

• "The Rama" (1530 - 1572), Jewish religious teacher Moses Isserles
• Kings of Thailand (Thai: สมเด็จรามาธิบดี):
  • Rama I, the Great (1782-1809), Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke
  • Rama II (1809-1824), Buddha Loetla Nabhalai
  • Rama III (1824-1851), Jessadabodindra
  • Rama IV (1851-1868), Mongkut
  • Rama V, the Great (1868-1910), Chulalongkorn
  • Rama VI (1910-1925), Vajiravudh
  • Rama VII (1925-1935), Prajadhipok
  • Rama VIII (1935-1946), Ananda Mahidol
  • Rama IX, the Great (installed 1946), Bhumibol Adulyadej
• Edi Rama (born 1964), Albanian politician & artist
• Frederick Lenz, a spiritual teacher who used Rama as his teaching name

Living People

• Vilayanur S. Ramachandran - Neurologist

Fiction

• Rama, fictional spacecraft in Rendezvous with Rama and its sequels
• RAMA, a 1997 video game based on it
• Rama Kandra, a character in The Matrix Revolutions

Geography

• Rama, Ramlet or Ramatha in Palestine
• Rama Lake near Astore in Pakistan
• Rama River, tributary in Herzegovina of the Neretva
• Rama, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12th century duchy figuring in the medieval history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Rama, Ethiopia, a town in northern Ethiopia
• Rama, Ontario, the town belonging to the Mnjikaning First Nation people, and location of Casino Rama
• El Rama a municipality in Nicaragua

Other uses

• 'Rama, the nickname of the news site Newsarama
• The Rama people and language of Nicaragua
• Rama Records, a record label