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रामानुजrāmānuja

रामानुज (rāmānuja) is a Sanskrit word meaning younger brother of Rama, an author, name of the founder of a Vedantic sect, krishna, lakshmana. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Epithet: Younger Brother of Rāma, The Vaiṣṇava Reformer Rāmānuja, Name of an Author (Distinct from the Reformer).

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Epithet: Younger Brother of Rāma

3 definitions
younger brother of Rama

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Krishna

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Lakshmana

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

The Vaiṣṇava Reformer Rāmānuja

3 definitions
A celebrated Vaishnava reformer and founder of the Vishishtadvaita school of qualified non-duality.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of the founder of a Vedantic sect who wrote a commentary on the Vedanta sutra

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of the founder of a Vedantic sect

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of an Author (Distinct from the Reformer)

1 definition
an author

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.