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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]
The worship of Rama increased significantly in the 12th century, following the invasions of Muslim Turks. [22] The Ramayana became widely popular in the 16th century. It is argued that the story of Rama offers a "very powerful imaginative formulation of the divine king as the only being capable of combating evil". [36]
Shri Ramachandra Kripalu, or "Shri Ram Stuti," is a Stuti (Horation Ode) verse from his work called Vinaya Patrika, written by Goswami Tulsidas. It was written in the sixteenth century in a mix of Sanskrit and Awadhi languages. The prayer/ode glorifies Shri Rāma and his characteristics to the best. Original version: MIX of Awadhi and Sanskrit:
Third Chapter: This chapter, 109 shlokas long, is known as Rama Mantra Mahatmaya Varnanam. In this chapter a detailed glorification of Sri Ram Mantraraj (The Mantra King of Rama, i.e. Ram Shadakshar Mantra, rāṃ rāmāya namaḥ) is described as well as how the mantra of Rama came to this earth. [7]
An eleventh-century Sanskrit play entitled Mahanataka by Hanumat relates the story of Rama in nine, ten, or fourteen acts, depending on recension. [14] Pratima Natak by Bhāsa starts with Rama's coronation, which is stopped by Kaikeyi, and Rama's exile, which leads to Dasratha's death. When Bharat arrives at Ayodhya he sees the statue of his ...
Sri Ramachandra Pratibha: Contribution of Mahamahopadhyaya P. Sri Ramachandrudu to Sanskrit Literature. Hyderabad: Jayalakshmi Publications. 2008. 492 pages. Contains 38 papers in English and Sanskrit presented during an eponymous National Seminar held at Arts College, Osmania University on 15, 16 and 17 November 2007.
Swami Tapasyananda, Adhyatma Ramayana, Original Sanskrit, with English Translation, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras. 1985. Baij Nath Puri, Lala Baij Nath. The Adhyatma Ramayana, Cosmo Publications, 2005. ISBN 81-7755-895-1. Subir Kumar Sen, Adhyatma Ramayanam from Sanskrit to English, Shastra Dharma Prachar Sabha, 2012. ISBN 978-81-920022-1-7
The ramanama (Sanskrit: रामनाम, romanized: rāmanāma, lit. 'the name of Rama') is the Hindu practice of ritually chanting the name of the deity Rama, an avatar of Vishnu. [1] Rama's name is often chanted or sung within several traditions of Hinduism in the form of a japa, or meditative repetition. [2]