Dictionary meanings for rāma from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [ram kartari ghañ ṇa vā] 1 Pleas- ing, delighting, rejoicing.
2 Beauti- ful, lovely, charming.
3 Obscure; dark-coloured, black.
4 White. maḥ 1 N. of three celebrated per- sonages; (a) Paraśurāma, son of Jamadagni; (b) Balarāma, son of Vasudeva and brother of Kṛṣṇa, q. q. v. v.; (c) Rāmacandra or Sītā- rāma, son of Daśaratha and Kausalyā and the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa; (the word is thus derived in Purā- ṇas:...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (/A) n. (prob. causing rest, and in most meanings fr. ram) dark, dark-coloured, black (cf. rātri) AV.; TA1r. (rāmaḥ śakuniḥ. a black bird, crow Ka1t2hGr2. Vishn2.) 877,1 177264 mf (/A) n. white (?) L. 877,1 177265 mf (/A) n. pleasing, pleasant, charming, lovely, beautiful MBh.; Ka1v. &c 877,1 177266 m. a kind of deer Car. 877,1 177267
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