Rāmānanda Rāya—an intimate associate of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His later pastimes.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-R-›Ramananda Raya-an intimate Ramananda Raya-an intimate associate of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His later pastimes. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/r/ramananda-raya-an-intimate-associate-of-lord-sri-caitanya-ma Previous: Ramacandra-the eighteenth incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the killer of the tenheaded demon king, Ravana. Rama was exiled to the forest on the order of His father, Maharaja Dasaratha. His wife Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, but by employing a huge army of monkeys, who were the powerful and intelligent offspring of demigods, He regained his wife in battle, and eventually His ancestral kingdom too. This great epic is recounted in Valmiki's Ramayana. Next: Ramanujacarya-a great eleventh-century Vaisnava spiritual master of the Sri-sampradaya.