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Housing Units (2000): 103
Land area (2000): 0.410093 sq. miles (1.062135 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.410093 sq. miles (1.062135 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66287
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.133512 N, 89.998497 W
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Headwords:
Ruma
Wikipedia
Rumā was the wife of Sugrīva. She is mentioned in Book IV (Kishkindha Kanda) of Ramayana. Ruma and Sugriva fell in love with each other and wanted to marry each other. But Ruma's father did not approve. Hence, Sugriva with the help of Hanuman, abducted Ruma and they married each other. Ruma was taken away from Sugriva by Vāli following the strife of two royal Vānara brothers. Later, the fact of Rumā being withheld by Vāli became the primary justification of Rama's slaying Vāli and helping Sugrīva to become the sovereign of Kishkindha. When accused by Vāli of lowly, treacherous and unexpected assassination from the shades by Rama's arrow, Rāma says his assassination was a just punishment for the sin Vāli committed when he robbed Sugrīva of Rumā, his legally wedded spouse, and used her for his own pleasure.
Ruma can refer to:
- Ruma, a town and municipality in Vojvodina, Serbia
- Ruma, Illinois, a village in Illinois, United States
- Rumā, a character of Ramayana
- 23S rRNA (uracil1939-C5)-methyltransferase, an enzyme
Usage examples of "ruma".
It seemed that women were not held in the same regard in backward Ruma as they were in civilized Veia and other Etruscan cities.