Luan

Luan may refer to:

Luan, (pronounced: lou-on) Albanian masculine first name, meaning "lion"

Luan, Vietnamese name, meaning " justice, fair, transparent

Luan, Celtic masculine name, meaning "warrior"

Lu'an, city in Anhui, China

Luan County, Hebei, China

Luan River, Hebei, China

Luan (surname), a Chinese surname

Luan Madson Gedeão de Paiva, Brazilian footballer

luan, Chinese literary term

Luan (surname)

Luan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 栾 in simplified Chinese and 欒 in traditional Chinese. Luan is listed 243rd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 226th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people.

Notable people

Luan Bin (欒賓; 8th century BC), minister of Huan Shu of Quwo

Luan Cheng (欒成; died 709 BC), son of Luan Bin, minister of the State of Jin

Luan Zhi (欒枝; died 622 BC), son of Luan Cheng, general of Jin

Luan Dun (欒盾; 7th century BC), son of Luan Zhi, general of Jin

Luan Shu (欒書; died 573 BC), son of Luan Dun, general of Jin

Luan Yan (欒黶; died 556 BC), son of Luan Shu, general of Jin

Luan Zhen (欒鍼; died 559 BC), younger brother of Luan Yan, general of Jin

Luan Ying (欒盈; died 550 BC), son of Luan Yan, revolted against Jin

Luan Fang (欒魴; 6th century BC), the only survivor of the Luan clan after its failed rebellion against Jin

Luan Shi (欒施; 6th century BC), minister of the State of Qi

Rama

Rama (/ˈrɑːmə/;Sanskrit: राम Rāma) is the seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, and a king of Ayodhya. Rama is also the protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana, which narrates his idealistic ideas and his greatness. Rama is one of the many popular figures and deities in Hinduism, specifically Vaishnavism and Vaishnava religious scriptures in South and Southeast Asia. Along with Krishna, Rama is considered to be one of the most important avatars of Vishnu. In a few Rama-centric sects, he is considered the Supreme Being, rather than an avatar.

Born as the eldest son of Kausalya and Dasharatha, king of Ayodhya, Rama is referred to within Hinduism as Maryada Purushottama, literally the Perfect Man or Lord of Self-Control or Lord of Virtue. His wife Sita is considered by Hindus to be an avatar of Lakshmi and the embodiment of perfect womanhood.

Ram and his brothers Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughna were the chaturvyuha expansions of Vishnu (Vasudev, Sankarshan, Pradyumna, Aniruddha). Rama's life and journey is one of adherence to dharma despite harsh tests and obstacles and many pains of life and time. For the sake of his father's honour, Rama abandons his claim to Ayodhaya's throne to serve an exile of fourteen years in the forest. His wife Sita and brother Lakshmana decide to join him, and all three spend the fourteen years in exile together. While in exile, Sita is kidnapped by Ravana, the Rakshasa monarch of Lanka. After a long and arduous search, Rama fights a colossal war against Ravana's armies. In a war of powerful and magical beings, greatly destructive weaponry and battles, Rama slays Ravana in battle and liberates his wife. Having completed his exile, Rama returns to be crowned king in Ayodhya and eventually becomes emperor, rules with happiness, peace, duty, prosperity and justice—a period known as Ram Rajya.

Ramah

Ramah may refer to:

Ramathaim-Zophim, the birthplace of Samuel

Ramoth-Gilead, a Levite city of refuge

Ramah in Benjamin, mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah and also in the Gospel of Matthew

Baalath-Beer, also known as Ramoth of the South, in the tribe of Simeon

a city of Asher, which seems to be difficult to identify. Some have believed it to be the same as Rameh, southeast of Tyre

a city in Naphtali's territory. It may be the same as Khirbet Zeitun er-Rameh east of today's Rameh village

Camp Ramah, a number of Jewish summer camps affiliated with the Conservative Movement of Judaism

Ramah, the Hebrew acronym of Rabbi Meir Abulafia

Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation, New Mexico

Ramah, New Mexico, a town in the U.S. state of New Mexico

Ramah, Colorado, a town in the U.S. state of Colorado

Ramah, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Ramah, an alternate name used in the Book of Mormon for the hill Cumorah

Rama in Jainism

Rama (Rāma), the hero of Ramayana, is described in the Jain scriptures as one of sixty-three illustrious persons, known as Salakapurusa. Among these, there is nine sets of Balabhadra, Narayana and prati-Narayana. Rama was the 8th Balabhadra with Lakshmana and Ravana being his Narayana and Prati-narayana counterparts. He is described as a young prince who is deprived of his throne and turned into a pauper. While living in exile his wife Sita is kidnapped by Ravana. Rama then rescues Sita with the help of his brother Lakshmana and King Sugriva. Ravana is killed by Lakshmana (a deviation from the Hindu epic where Rama slays Ravana) and they both go into hell. Rama becomes a Jain monk and his soul attains moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth and death). Sita becomes a Jain nun and is born into heaven.

Sources

The story of Rama in Jainism can be broadly classified into three groups; Samghadasa's version, Vimalsuri's version and Gunabhadra's version. Some of the early works which deal with Rama are: