रामलीला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रामलीला (rāmalīlā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

रामलीला • (rāmlīlā) f

1. (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

Etymology

From राम (rāma) + लीला (līlā).

Noun

रामलीला • (rāmalīlā) stem, f

1. 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.