1. Ráma. A brahmin, skilled in physiognomy. He was one of the eight consulted by Suddhodana regarding his son, the future Buddha. J.i.56; Mil.236.
2. Ráma. King of Benares. He suffered from a virulent skin disease, and, leaving his kingdom to his eldest son, went into the forest, where he was cured by eating medicinal herbs. In the forest he met and married Piyá, the eldest daughter of Okkáka. She suffered from the same complaint, and was cured by him. They lived in the forest with their thirty two children. A forester recognized Ráma in the forest, and, on his return to the city, told the news to the king. The king went to the forest with his retinue and begged his father to return to the kingdom. He refused to do so, and, at his own suggestion, a city was built for him in the forest which was called Koliya or Vyagghapajja. Ráma thus became the ancestor of the Koliyans. DA.i.260ff.; SNA.355f.; cf. Mtu.i.355, where he is called Kola.
3. Ráma. A brahmin, father of the Buddha's teacher, Uddaka Rámaputta (q.v.). J.i.66; M.i.165.
4. Ráma. The Bodhisatta born as the eldest son of Dasaratha, king of Benares. He is also called Rámapandita. He married his sister Sítá, and her devotion to him became proverbial (E.g., J.iv.559, 560; Cv.lxxiii.137). For Ráma's story see the Dasaratha Játaka. Certain ruling princes of Ceylon claimed descent from Ráma e.g., Jagatipála (q.v.). Ráma's fight with Rávana and the incidents recounted in the Rámáyana are mentioned only in the later Páli Chronicles, such as the Cúlavamsa. Cv.lxiv.42; lxviii.20; lxxv.59; lxxxiii.46, 69, 88.
5. Ráma. A Sákyan prince, brother of Bhaddakaccáná. He came to Ceylon, where he founded the settlement of Rámagona. Mhv.ix.9; Dpv.x.4ff.
6. Ráma. Called Mátuposaka Ráma. He was an Inhabitant of Benares and greatly loved his parents. He once went on business to Kumbhavatí, in the country of Dandakí, and there, when the country was being destroyed owing to the wickedness of the king, Ráma thought of the goodness of his parents. The devas were moved by the power of this thought and conveyed him safely to his mother (J.v.29). He was one of the three survivors of the disaster which overtook Dandakí's kingdom. MA.ii.602.
7. Ráma. One of the palaces of Kondańńa Buddha in his last lay life. BuA.107; but see Bu.iii.26.
8. Ráma. One of the generals of Gajabáhu. Ráma was once defeated by the general Deva (Cv.lxx.137, 142), but later won a victory at the Mahárakkha ford. Ráma received the title of Nílagiri, which was evidently the name of his district. Cv.lxxii.12; Cv. Trs.i.299, n.1; 320, n.2.
9. Ráma. The second of the future Buddhas. Anágatavamsa, p. 40.
10. Ráma. See Ramma.