As a deity name
Name 843 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a beautiful woman, any young and charming woman, mistress, wife, any woman, &c. (for comp. See p. 878)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rāmāyai" is the dative of "rāmā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "rāmāyai" is the dative of "rāma" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
rāmā f. a beautiful woman, any young and charming woman, mistress, wife, any woman, KaṭhUp.; MBh. &c. (for comp. See p. 878)
a dark woman i.e. a woman of low origin, TS.; TĀr.
rāma mf(ā)n. (prob. ‘causing rest’, and in most meanings fr. √ ram) dark, dark-coloured, black (cf. rātri), AV.; TĀr. (rāmaḥ śakuniḥ. a black bird, crow, KāṭhGṛ.; Viṣṇ.)
white (?), L.
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