|
Character |
पात्र |
Reference |
|
Ahalyā |
अहल्या |
Wife of sage Gautama, who got curse and turn into a
stone and later became free from curse by Rama's grace |
|
Angad |
अंगद |
Son of Vaali (Bali);
Prince (yuvraj) of Monkey Kingdom; he was sent as convoy to Ravan's
assembly before war |
|
Bharat |
भरत |
Brother of
Ram and son of Kaikeyi |
|
Dasharatha |
दशरथ |
Ram's father and King of Kaushala |
|
Dashānan |
दशानन |
Ten headed King of Lanka; Also see
Ravana |
|
Garuda |
गरुड |
Eagel; King of winged creatures |
|
Gautam |
गौतम |
Sage/Rishi who cursed her wife Ahalya to be a stone
for her immoral conduct |
|
Hanumān |
हनुमान |
Son of the wind God; Devout of Rama and a leading warrior
among monkey tribe |
|
Indrajit |
इन्द्रजीत |
Ravana's son who fought with Rama with magical
powers |
|
Jambuvān,
Jambvant |
जांबुवान |
Leader of bears who found Sita with his
supernatural powers |
|
Janaka |
जनक |
King of Mithila; Father of Sita, who found her in a
furrow |
|
Jatāyu |
जटायु |
Great bird who was killed by Ravana while rescuing
Sita |
|
Kaikeyi |
कैकेयी |
Dashartha's youngest queen and mother of Bharata
who asked for Rama's exile |
|
Kakbhushundi |
काकभुशुंडि |
Devotee of Ram; he was cursed by Sage Lomasa for his arguments; he
assumed the form of crow |
|
Kausalya |
कौशल्या |
Dashratha's queen and Rama's mother |
|
Kevat |
केवट |
Boatman who let Rama, Laxman and Sita
cross the river in his boat and washes Rama's feet for his fee |
|
Khar-Dushan |
खर-दूषण |
Brother of Ravana and Shurpanakha |
|
Kumbhkarna |
कुंभकर्ण |
Ravan's brother known for sleeping and eating |
|
Kush |
कुश |
Son of Rama and Sita |
|
Laxman |
लक्ष्मण |
Queen Sumitra's son and Rama's brother |
|
Lava
/ Luv |
लव |
Son of Ram and Sita; brother of Kush |
|
Māndavi |
मांडवी |
Bharat's wife & King Janak's daughter |
|
Mandodari |
मंदोदरी |
Ravana's
wife; daughter of Maya Danav; Sister of Mayavi and Dundubhi; She is
considered as one of Sati (chaste) women for her upright character |
|
Manthara |
मंथरा |
Maid servant of Keikeyi who convinced her for
Bharat's thorn and exile of Rama |
|
Māricha or Māreech |
मारिच |
Who assumed form of suvarna mriga (golden deer) and
help abduct Sita; son of Tātaka
and Sund |
|
Meghanād |
मेघनाद |
Ravana's son, who made Laxman unconscious
in the battlefield with his arrow |
|
Nala - Nil |
नल-नील |
Son of great builder who helped Rama build bridge
to Lanka |
|
Parshuram |
परशुराम |
Son of King
Gadhi; known for his anger; he killed all Kshatriya 21 times on earth;
his weapon - Parshu; He was brahmin but his deeds were like a
kshatriya (warrior) |
|
Rām
/ Rama |
राम |
Hero of Ramayana; Son of
King Dasharatha and Queen Kaushalya; Husband of Sita; Brother of Laxman,
Bharat and Shatrughna (same father) |
|
Rāvana |
रावण |
Ten headed King of Lanka, who abducted Sita;
brother of Vibhishana & Shoorpanakha; father of Indrajit; husband of Mandodari
|
|
Sampāti |
संपाति |
Brother of Jatayu |
|
Shatrughna |
शत्रुघ्न |
Rama's younger borther |
|
Shabari |
शबरी |
Devotee of Ram who offered him berry
fruit; A woman from Bhil tribe. She used to serve in Matang Muni's
Ashram. |
|
Shatānanda |
शतानंद |
Head Preist (kul Guru) of Mithila |
|
Shiva |
शिव |
Hindu Lord, whose bow was lifted by Rama in
swayamvar |
|
Shravan |
श्रवण |
Son of blind parents; known as an idol of service
to parents |
|
Shrutkirti |
श्रुतकीर्ति |
Shatrughna's wife and King Janak's daughter |
|
Shurpanakhā |
शूर्पणखा |
Ravan's sister whose ears and nose were cut by
Laxman |
|
Sitā |
सीता |
Daughter of Janaka; wife of Rama;
mother of Luv and Kush |
|
Subāhu |
सुबाहु |
A demon killed by Ram |
|
Sugriva |
सुग्रीव |
King of monkey tribe and King of Kiskindha |
|
Sumanta |
सुमंत |
Charioteer of King Dasharatha |
|
Sumitrā |
सुमित्रा |
Wife of Dashratha; Mother of Laxman &
Shatrughna |
|
Sunayanā |
सुनयना |
Wife of King Janak; Mother of
Sita |
|
Sushen |
सुषेण |
Lankan physician, who advised Sanjivani
herbs from Kailas mountain in order to cure Laxman |
|
Tātaka,
Tādaka |
ताडका |
Demoness (rakshasi) killed by Rama; mother of
Mareecha and daughter of Sund Demon |
|
Trijatā |
त्रिजटा |
A demoness who took care
of Sita at Ashok Vatika |
|
Tulsidās |
तुलसीदास |
Sanskrit scholar and poet who created
Ramcharitmanas, a version of Valmiki Ramayana in local Avadhi language |
|
Urmilā |
ऊर्मिला |
Laxman's wife; daughter of King Janak and sister of
Sita |
|
Vāli
(Bali) or Vaali |
वाली |
Cousin of Sugriva, who occupied Kiskindha and was
killed by Rama |
|
Vālmiki |
वाल्मीकि |
Great Poet and creator of Ramayana; Sage who helped Sita
and her two son Lava-Kush stay at his place |
|
Vānara |
वानर |
Monkey; A hill tribe of Southern India |
|
Vasistha |
वशिष्ठ |
Head priest (kul Guru) of Ayodhya |
|
Vibhishana |
विभिषण |
Ravana's brother who leaves Lanka to join Rama and
later become king of Lanka |
|
Vishnu |
विष्णु |
Hindu Lord; Rama is considered as eighth
incarnation of Lord Vishnu |
|
Vishwamitra |
विश्वामित्र |
Rishi, who took Rama for killing troubling demons |
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