# रामानुज (rāmānuja)

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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).

- **SLP1:** `rAmAnuja`  **IAST:** rāmānuja  **Devanagari:** रामानुज
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanuja
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ramanuja/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Epithet: Younger Brother of Rāma (3 definitions)
- younger brother of Rama  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 878,1] रामा (rāmā) नुज (nuja) m. ‘younger brother of Rāma’ (this title would be applicable to Kṛṣṇa as born after Bala-rāma of the same father) [ ID=177574 ]
- Krishna  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > रामानुज (rāmānuja) [Printed book page 591-2 ] Rāmānuja 1 (“younger brother of Rāma 2 ”) = Kṛṣṇa: V, 2741 ( Śauriḥ ). [ ID=8975 ]
- Lakshmana  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Rāmānuja 2 (“younger brother of Rāma 2 ”) = Lakṣmaṇa: VII, 5888 ( L° ). [ ID=8976 ]

### 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)*
  > N. of a celebrated Vaiṣṇava reformer (founder of a particular Vedantic school which taught the doctrine of विशिष्टा (viśiṣṭā) द्वैत (dvaita) or qualified non-duality i.e. that the human spirit is separate and different from the one Supreme Spirit though dependent on it and ultimately to be united with it; he lived at Kāñcīpuram and Śrī-raṅgam in the South of India, in the 12th century, and is believed by his followers to have been an incarnation of Śeṣa; he is also called Rāmānujācārya and Yati-rāja; n. or जम् मतम् (jam matam), Rāmānuja's doctrine), Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 119, 448 &c. [ ID=177575 ]
- name of the founder of a Vedantic sect who wrote a commentary on the Vedanta sutra  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रामानुज (rāmānuja) [Printed book page 611-03 ] राम - अनुज (rāma-anuja) m. name of the founder of a Vedāntic sect; he has written a Bhāshya on the Vedānta sūtra. [ ID=32073 ]
- Name of the founder of a Vedantic sect  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रामानुज (rāmānuja) [Printed book page 604-a ] रामानुज (rāmānuja) m. ( - जः (-jaḥ) ) Name of the founder of a Vedāntic sect. [ ID=33616 ]

### Name of an Author (Distinct from the Reformer) (1 definition)
- an author  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (with दीक्षित (dīkṣita) ) N. of another author, Cat. [ ID=177576 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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