Râma, in the Hindu mythology an avatar of Vishnu, being the seventh, in the character of a hero, a destroyer of monsters and a bringer of joy, as the name signifies, the narrative of whose exploits are given in the “Râmâyana” (q.v.).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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