NAME COLLECTION
Names of Rama
Names and epithets of Rama located in the Rāmāyaṇa text and the dictionary.
This collection follows names to their sources. It describes where a name comes from, not who uses it.
Names recorded in Indian use
Rāma
Monier-Williams: N. of various mythical personages; the avatar of Vishnu, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa; also 'pleasing, dark'
Rām 1.1.8; Rām 1.1.18; Rām 1.1.20
Name page →Raghunātha
lord of the Raghus; Rama
Name page →Raghuvīra
hero of the Raghus; Rama
Name page →Rāghava
descendant of Raghu; patronymic of Daśaratha and (esp.) Rāma
Rām 1.1.43; Rām 1.1.46; Rām 1.1.51
Raghunandana
son or descendant of Raghu; Rāmacandra
Rām 1.10.23; Rām 1.22.12; Rām 1.24.14
Dāśarathi
descendant of Daśaratha; patronymic of Rama
Rām 1.73.22; Rām 1.75.1; Rām 1.75.21
Śrīrāma
the divine Rama (honorific śrī + rāma)
Name page →Sītārāma
Sītā and Rāma (dual compound)
Name page →Sītāpati
husband of Sītā; Rama
Name page →Other names in the sources
These words are named in the sources as names of the deity. Their listing here does not say that they are used as given names.
Rāmacandra
Rāma-moon; N. of the principal Rāma, son of Daśaratha
Rāmabhadra
Monier-Williams: N. of Rāma Dāśarathi
Jānakīvallabha
Sītā's beloved; Rama
Kausalyānandana
son of Kausalyā; Rama (Monier-Williams:, L.)
Raghūttama
best of the Raghus; Rama
Rām 1.72.23; Rām 3.70.20; Rām 5.65.31
Raghupati
lord of the Raghus; Rama
Kākutstha
descendant of Kakutstha; patronymic of Rama in the epic
Rām 1.18.16; Rām 1.20.3; Rām 1.21.16