MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramayan mean?
The Ramayana is the epic traditionally attributed to Valmiki. Its title combines Rama with ayana, journey or course. The poem follows the lives of Rama and Sita.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामायण
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रामायन
Letter-by-letter: rāmāyana
3,978 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramayan in Indian usage
19,587 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling रामायण.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 435 records (2.2%).
- Recorded as male: 19,152 records (97.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,983 |
| 1950s | 3,710 |
| 1960s | 5,027 |
| 1970s | 4,415 |
| 1980s | 2,450 |
| 1990s | 1,335 |
| Other decades | 667 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 13,482 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,597 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,315 |
| Jharkhand | 193 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, rāmāyaṇa, p. 878,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: रामायण ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.