रामलीला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रामलीला (rāmalīlā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾɑːm.liː.lɑː/

Noun

रामलीला • (rāmlīlā) f

(Hinduism) Ramleela: the performance of the legend of Rama during the festival of Dussehra

Sanskrit

Etymology

From राम (rāma) + लीला (līlā)

Noun

रामलीला • (rāmalīlā) f

N. of the dramatic representation of सिता's abduction by रावण and her recovery by रामचन्द्र (performed at the annual festival which takes place in Northern India in the beginning of October and corresponds to the दुर्गापूजा of Bengal) IW. 365 n. 1

References

Monier Williams (1899), “रामलीला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0877.

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