रामलीला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रामलीला (rāmalīlā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːm.liː.lɑː/, [ɾä̃ːm.liː.läː]

Noun

रामलीला • (rāmlīlā) f

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

Declension

Declension of *रामलीला* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	रामलीला rāmlīlā	रामलीलाएँ rāmlīlāẽ
oblique	रामलीला rāmlīlā	रामलीलाओं rāmlīlāõ
vocative	रामलीला rāmlīlā	रामलीलाओ rāmlīlāo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ৰামলীলা (Assamese script)
ᬭᬵᬫᬮᬷᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
রামলীলা (Bengali script)
𑰨𑰯𑰦𑰩𑰱𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀭𑀸𑀫𑀮𑀻𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ရာမလီလာ (Burmese script)
રામલીલા (Gujarati script)
ਰਾਮਲੀਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦫꦴꦩꦭꦷꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂩𑂰𑂧𑂪𑂲𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ರಾಮಲೀಲಾ (Kannada script)
រាមលីលា (Khmer script)
ຣາມລີລາ (Lao script)
രാമലീലാ (Malayalam script)
ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠᠯᡳᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘨𑘰𑘦𑘩𑘲𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠷᠠᢗᠮᠠᠯᠢᠢᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧈𑧑𑧆𑧉𑧓𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐬𑐵𑐩𑐮𑐷𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
ରାମଲୀଲା (Odia script)
ꢬꢵꢪꢭꢷꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆫𑆳𑆩𑆬𑆵𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖨𑖯𑖦𑖩𑖱𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
රාමලීලා (Sinhalese script)
𑩼𑩛𑩴𑩽𑩑𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚤𑚭𑚢𑚥𑚯𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
ராமலீலா (Tamil script)
రామలీలా (Telugu script)
รามลีลา (Thai script)
རཱ་མ་ལཱི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒩𑒰𑒧𑒪𑒲𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨫𑨊𑨢𑨬𑨁𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From राम (rāma) + लीला (līlā).

Noun

रामलीला • (rāmalīlā) stem, f

name 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, page 0877.