Rāma

Rāma, “he who gives delight”

Rāma is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

  • Rāma: Śrī Rāma, son of Daśaratha, the avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu who slew Rāvaṇa. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Chapters 1–77; Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, Chapters 1–131; Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla Khaṇḍa, Chapters 1–66; Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skanda 3, Chapters 27–30; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 16, 18
  • Paraśurāma: Rāma, son of Jamadagni and Reṇukā, the avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu who cleared the earth of adharmic kshatriya kings. Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Madhyama Bhāga, Chapters 22–47; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Ninth Skandha, Chapters 15–16; Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 114–117; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 13–14
  • Balarāma: Rāma, the elder brother of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa, son of Vasudeva and Rohiṇī. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 10th Skandha, Chapters 1–2, 8–18, 34, 44–45; Hari Vaṃśa Purāṇa, Vishṇu Parva; Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Gadā Parva, Chapters 35–60; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 60; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapter 13

Named in passing

  • The Rāmas, a people: a people of Uttarāpatha, the northern way, in the list of the peoples of Bhārata, told on Bhārata Varsha. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 13

See also