As a deity name
Name 916 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
रमना
to take pleasure, to enjoy; to be engrossed; to stroll, roam
Śabdasāgara also records: लक्ष्मी · पत्नी । स्त्री (को॰)
Platts (p. 598) also records: A beloved woman; a wife
Cited formation "रमा" is रम + -आ: रम means "rum", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "रमा" is रमना + -आ: रमना means "to take pleasure, to enjoy", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "रमा" is रम + -आ: रम means "rum", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit रम् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set रमना (ramnā) रमाना (ramānā) From a passive form of Sanskrit रम् (ram, “to take pleasure”, root).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ram cl. 1. Ā. (Dhātup. xx, 23) ramate (Ved. also P. ramati or ramṇāti pf. rarāma, MBh.; reme, Br. &c.; aor. 3. pl. ranta, RV.; araṃsīt, Kāv.; araṃsta, RV.; raṃsiṣam, SV.; fut. rantā Gr.; raṃsyati, Br.; ˚te, ib. &c.; inf. ramitum, MBh.; rantum, ib. &c.; rantos, Br.; ind.p. ratvā, ib.; rantvā, Kāv.; -ramya or -ratya, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 38), to stop, stay, make fast, calm, set at rest (P.; esp. pres. ramṇāti), RV.; VS.; (P. Ā.) to delight, make happy, enjoy carnally, MBh.; Hariv.; Śukas.; (Ā.) to stand still, rest, abide, like to stay with (loc. or dat.), RV. &c. &c.; (Ā.; P. only mc.) to be glad or pleased, rejoice at, delight in, be fond of (loc. instr. or inf.), RV. &c. &c.; to play or sport, dally, have sexual intercourse with (instr. with or without samam, saha, sākam or sārdham), ChUp.; MBh. &c.; to couple (said of deer), Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26, Vārtt. 8, Pat. (cf. Caus.); to play with i.e. put to stake (instr.), Bhaṭṭ. : Caus. ramayati or rāmayati (aor. arīramat), to cause to stay, stop, set at rest, RV.; TS.; PañcavBr.; KātyŚr.; (ramayati, mc. also ˚te) to gladden, delight, please, caress, enjoy carnally, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (3. sg. ramayati-tarām, Ratnāv. iii, 9); to enjoy one's self, be pleased or delighted, MBh.; Hariv.; mṛgān ramayati, he tells that the deer are coupling, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26, Vārtt. 8, Pat. : Desid. in riraṃsā, ˚su, q.v.: Desid. of Caus. in riramayiṣu, q.v.: Intens. raṃramyate or raṃramīti, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 85.
ram [cf. Zd. ram, Gk. ἠρέμα, ἔραμαι, ἐρατός; Lith. rìmti; Goth. rimis.]
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a wife, mistress
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ramā" is the feminine form of "rama" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
ramā f. See s.v.
ramā f. of rama, q.v.
a wife, mistress, W.
N. of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, Bhartṛ.; BhP.
good luck, fortune, splendour, opulence, Cāṇ.
rama mfn. pleasing, delighting, rejoicing (only ifc.; cf. mano-r˚)
dear, beloved, W.
Alternative readings
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