Rama (disambiguation)

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Rama within the scriptures of India

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

Rama may refer to:

• Rama (people), Nicaragua
• Rama language
• Rama chandramara, a species of catfish
• Rama Records, a record label
• Rama VII Bridge

Historical personalities

• "The Rama" (1530 - 1572), Jewish religious teacher Moses Isserles
• Kings of Thailand:
  • 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

Geography

• Rama (Gaul), a town in ancient Gaul
• 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, Saskatchewan, village in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Rama, Ontario, the town belonging to the Mnjikaning First Nation people, and location of Casino Rama
• Ramatha, Rama or Ramlet or in Palestine (Present-day Israel)
• El Rama a municipality in Nicaragua

Fiction

• Rama (comics), a DC Comics Indian superhero based on the Hindu god
• Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Rama (spacecraft), fictional spacecraft in the books
  • Rama (video game), a 1997 video game based on the books

Rama may also refer to:

• Newsarama, a news site