Ramanujan stated an identity to the effect that if three sequences {an}, {bn} and {cn} are defined by r1(x) =:Motivated by this amazing identity, we state and prove a more general identity involving eleven sequences, the new identity being "more general" in the sense that equality holds not just for the power 3 (as in Ramanujan's identity), but for each power j, 1 ≤ j ≤ 5.