रामलीला
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit रामलीला (rāmalīlā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editरामलीला • (rāmlīlā) f
Declension
editSanskrit
editEtymology
editFrom राम (rāma) + लीला (līlā).
Noun
editरामलीला • (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
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “रामलीला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0877.