Rama means light.

Rama means light. The root of words like rays and radiance comes from ram. Ra means radiance. Ma means me, mine, myself. Rama means the light within me, the light in my heart. Rama, of course, is the name of Lord Rama who is connected with all the Asian continents. The entire belt of Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia are all connected with Ramayana. Lord Rama is known for his truthfulness. He is considered to be perfect in all human behavior. An ideal human emperor. Mahatma Gandhi once said, 'You take away everything from me, I can live. But if you take away Ram, I cannot exist.' The last words that he uttered were, 'Hey ram'. Ram is found in almost everywhere in India. Every state will have a Rampur, a Ramnagar! Everywhere! You will confuse the postal department if you only address a letter to Ramnagar. There are thousands of Ramnagars in India. Studies have found thousands of names related to Ram in Europe! In Sanskrit, Australia is called Astralaya. Astaralaya means storehouse of weapons. Astra means weapons. During the time of Ramayana, they had stored many different types of weapons there. Weapons were made there too. Due to the weapons, there was a lot of desert in the centre and it was uninhabited! Jai Sri Ram ~ Ram Ram Ram ~ Har Har Mahadev!