Ramanathan () is a
South Indian male
given name
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. Due to the
South Indian tradition of using
patronymic surname
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s it may also be a
surname
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for males and females. Ramanathan is derived from
Rama
Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda' ...
(a
Hindu
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
god) and the
Sanskrit
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word ''
nath'', meaning "lord." The name Ramanathan is given to the Hindu god
Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
at
Rameshwaram, one of the southernmost towns in India. Hindus believe that Lord Rama worshipped Shiva before beginning his journey to
Lanka
Lanka (; ) is the name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary Rakshasa king Ravana in the epics of the ''Ramayana'' and the ''Mahabharata''. The fortress was situated on a plateau between three mountain peaks kn ...
; hence "Lord of Rama". This name is from the history of great epics.
Notable people
Given name
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Annamalai Ramanathan (1946–1993), Indian mathematician
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Devakottai Ramanathan, Indian comedian
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G. Ramanathan (died 1963), Indian composer
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K. G. Ramanathan (1920–1992), Indian mathematician
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K. R. Ramanathan (1893–1984), Indian physicist and meteorologist
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M. Ramanathan, Indian politician
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M. D. Ramanathan (1923–1984), Indian composer and vocalist
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N. Ramanathan (born 1946), Indian musician and academic
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Pathmanathan Ramanathan (1932–2006), Sri Lankan lawyer and judge
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Ponnambalam Ramanathan (1851–1930), Ceylonese politician
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R. Ramanathan Chettiar (1913–1995), Indian businessman, politician and bureaucrat
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Rama Ramanathan (born 1964), Indian politician
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Ramkumar Ramanathan (born 1994), Indian tennis player
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S. Kumara Kurubara Ramanathan, Indian politician
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S. Ramanathan (1917–1988), musician
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Sellapan Ramanathan (1924–2016), Singaporean politician
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Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Indian climatologist
Surname
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Erik Ramanathan, American ambassador
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Leelawathy Ramanathan (1870–?), Australian author and publisher
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Ramanathan Indrarajah, Sri Lankan politician
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Ramanathan Gnanadesikan (1932–2015), Indian statistician
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Ramanathan Krishnan (born 1937), Indian tennis player
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Ramanathan V. Guha (born 1965), Indian computer scientist
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Ramanathan Sarathkumar (born 1954), Indian film actor, journalist and politician
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Ramkumar Ramanathan (born 1994), Indian tennis player
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Sharada Ramanathan, Indian journalist
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Mohan Ramanathan (born 1954), Indian Entrepreneur, Founder promoter, Advanced Construction Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai
See also
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Tamil masculine given names
Masculine given names