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