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<p>223.230.149.124: robot: Create/update articles in Category:Hindu gods.</p> <hr /> <div>'''Ramanuja''' or '''Ramanujan''' or '''Ramanujam''' is a [[Tamilian|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] name literally meaning 'the younger brother of [[Rama]]' mostly referring to [[Lakshmana]].&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|date=2013-01-03|title=Ramanuja, Rāmānuja, Rama-anuja: 14 definitions|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/ramanuja|access-date=2022-02-26|website=Wisdom Library|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt; The name is derived from Ramanuja, a [[Sanskrit]] compound consisting of the terms ''rāma'' and ''anuja'' (अनुज).&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; The name however is rarely used by [[Malayalis]] themselves nowadays and has come to be known as a common name used by the [[Tamil people|Tamil]] [[Iyengar]] community{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}. The most famous personalities with this name are the 11th century philosopher [[Ramanuja]] and the [[Malayali]] poet Ramanujan [[Ezhuthachan]]. Ramanujan is also the name for '''[[Srinivasa Ramanujan]]''' (1887–1920), an Indian mathematician who is considered by many to be one of the most talented mathematicians in history.<br /> <br /> ==People with the name==<br /> *[[Ramanuja]] (1017–1137), Hindu theologian, philosopher, and exponent of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition<br /> * [[A. K. Ramanujan]] (1929–1993), Indian author, who wrote in both English and Kannada<br /> * [[Abinandhan Ramanujam]], Indian cinematographer<br /> * [[C. P. Ramanujam]] (1938–1974), Indian mathematician who worked on number theory and algebraic geometry<br /> * [[Dheepa Ramanujam]], Indian film actress who appears in Tamil films<br /> * [[Gopala Ramanujam]] (1915–2001), former Governor of Goa and Orissa<br /> * [[Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal]], director of the Indian Space Research Organisation<br /> * [[Ramanujan Srinivasan]] (1938–1984), Indian physicist<br /> * [[Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan]], poet, considered the father of the Malayalam language<br /> <br /> '''Fictional characters'''<br /> * [[Amita Ramanujan]], a fictional mathematician on the TV show, ''NUMB3RS''<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tamil names]]<br /> [[Category:Malayalam terms]]<br /> [[Category:Hindu gods]]</div>

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