black
→
pleasant
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | rāma | |
| meaning 1 | dark, dark-coloured, black | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | pleasing, pleasant, charming, lovely, beautiful | |
| reference | MW: 877 | |
| comment | Meaning "beautiful" already in Mahabharata; meaning "dark" in Atharva-veda. Also, name of various mythical personages (in Veda two Rāmas are mentioned with the patr. Mārgaveya and Aupatasvini etc.) | |