In Sanskrit grammar, forming the plural of a word isn't a simple "add an -s" like in English.
Sanskrit is a highly inflected language with
3 Genders (masculine, feminine, neuter)
3 Numbers (singular, dual, and plural), and
8 Cases
(nominative, vocative, instrumental, accusative, dative, ablative, genitive, and locative).
Declension table of Rama
Singular
C1 Subject रामः
C2 Object रामम्
C3 By, with, through, Because of, Due to रामेण
C4 For, To रामाय
C5 From रामात्
C6 Of रामस्य
C7 In; On, At रामे
C8 Oh हे राम
Case
1 Nominative Subject of the action:रामः (Rāmaḥ) – Rama.
2 Accusative Object: रामम् (Rāmam) – Ram(a).
3 Instrumental “by means of”: रामेण (Rāmeṇa) – With Rama.
4 Dative For रामाय (Rāmāya) – For Rama.
5 Ablative From रामात् (Rāmāt) – Away from Rama.
6 Genitive Of रामस्य (Rāmasya) – Of Rama.
7 Locative On or In रामे (Rāme) – In/at Rama.
8 Vocative is the person being spoken to: हे राम (He Rāma) – O Rama!
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