Rama

Seventh avatara of Vishnu, prince of Ayodhya, hero of the Ramayana

Parentage

• parent: Dasharatha
• parent: Kausalya

Domains

• divine incarnation
• righteousness
• kingship

Powers

• Bend and break the unbendable bow of Shiva
• Slay the ten-headed rakshasa king in single combat

Epithets

• रामचन्द्र sanskrit · Rāmacandra · epithetRāma 'the moon'; the gentle, radiant RāmaVālmīki Rāmāyaṇa; Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsīdās (primary)
• राघव sanskrit · Rāghava · epithetDescendant of king RaghuVālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, passim (primary)
• मर्यादापुरुषोत्तम sanskrit · Maryādā Puruṣottama · epithetThe supreme person of perfect conduct/proprietyStandard Vaishnava epithet of Rāma; Rāmcaritmānas tradition (secondary)
• सीतापति sanskrit · Sītāpati · epithetLord/husband of SītāVālmīki Rāmāyaṇa; devotional Rāma tradition (primary)

Relations

• half sibling: Bharata
• half sibling: Shatrughna
• spouse: SitaReciprocal of hindu_sita.spouse — Furrow-born wife of Rama, regarded as an avatara of Lakshmi.Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda 73 (marriage of Rama and Sita after the breaking of Shiva's bow) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Ramayana (Valmiki) (primary)