रामानुज
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰামানুজ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬵᬫᬵᬦᬸᬚ (Balinese script)
- রামানুজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰯𑰦𑰯𑰡𑰲𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀦𑀼𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- ရာမာနုဇ (Burmese script)
- રામાનુજ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਾਮਾਨੁਜ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌜 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦴꦩꦴꦤꦸꦗ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂰𑂧𑂰𑂢𑂳𑂔 (Kaithi script)
- ರಾಮಾನುಜ (Kannada script)
- រាមានុជ (Khmer script)
- ຣາມານຸຊ (Lao script)
- രാമാനുജ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᡠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘰𑘦𑘰𑘡𑘳𑘕 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢗᠮᠠᢗᠨᠤᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧑𑧆𑧑𑧁𑧔𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐵𑐩𑐵𑐣𑐸𑐖 (Newa script)
- ରାମାନୁଜ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢵꢪꢵꢥꢸꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆤𑆶𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖯𑖦𑖯𑖡𑖲𑖕 (Siddham script)
- රාමානුජ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩛𑩴𑩛𑩯𑩒𑩣 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚭𑚢𑚭𑚝𑚰𑚑 (Takri script)
- ராமாநுஜ (Tamil script)
- రామానుజ (Telugu script)
- รามานุช (Thai script)
- རཱ་མཱ་ནུ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒰𑒧𑒰𑒢𑒳𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨊𑨢𑨊𑨝𑨃𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
राम (rāma) + अनुज (anuja, “younger brother”).
Noun
रामानुज • (rāmānuja) stem, m
- ‘younger brother of Rāma’ (this title would be applicable to Krishna as born after Bala-Rāma of the same father)
- name of a celebrated Vaishnava reformer (founder of a particular Vedantic school which taught the doctrine of 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 Kancipuram and Sri-rangam in the South of India, in the 12th century, and is believed by his followers to have been an incarnation of Shesha ; he is also called रामानुजाचार्य and यतिराज ; n. or जम् मतम्, रामानुज's doctrine) RTL. 119, 448 &c.
- name of another author Cat. [with दीक्षित (dīkṣita)]
Descendants
- → Tamil: இராமானுசன் (irāmāṉucaṉ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “रामानुज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0878.