रामलीला
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit रामलीला (rāmalīlā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾɑːm.liː.lɑː/, [ɾä̃ːm.liː.läː]
Noun
रामलीला • (rāmlīlā) f
Declension
| 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
- 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.