Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ramayana \Ra*ma"ya*na\ (r[aum]*m[aum]"y[.a]*n[.a]), n. [Skr.
R[=a]m[=a]ya[.n]a.]
The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The
hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ramayana
n 1: one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment
of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a
demon and Rama's restoration to the throne