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Rama

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Rama, in the Bible

Rama (rā`mə), variant of Ramah 1 Town, NE ancient Palestine, allotted to Naphtali.

2 Town of Asher.

3 Unidentified town of Simeon, called Ramah of the south. It is apparently intended by the Ramoth in First Samuel, by the Baal in First Chronicles, and by Baalath-beer in Joshua.
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Rama, in the Ramayana

Rama, hero: see Ramayana Ramayana (rämä`yənə) [story of Rama], classical Sanskrit epic of India, probably composed in the 3d cent. B.C.
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Rama

Major Hindu deity. The name became associated with Ramacandra, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, whose story is told in the Ramayana. Conceived as a model of reason, virtue, and right action, Rama was one of the chief objects of the bhakti cults. He is often depicted as a standing figure, holding an arrow in his right hand and a bow in his left. In temples his image is attended by the figures of his wife, Sita, his half brother, Laksmana, and the monkey general, Hanuman.
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How much does this custom among the Indian woman of repairing to the hilltops in the night, and pouring forth their wailings for the dead, call to mind the beautiful and affecting passage of Scripture, "In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
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