Valmiki

Also known as Balmiki

Valmiki (; , ) was a legendary poet who is celebrated as the traditional author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as Ādi Kavi (), the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.

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Valmiki was a male poet and writer who practiced Hinduism. He wrote in Sanskrit and is the author of the Ramayana. His period of activity is dated to 200 BCE. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

He is referenced by 1,432 other encyclopedia articles. His works include The Ramayana, Râmâyana, Ramayana Valmiki, and Rāmāyaṇam. A quote attributed to him in Sanskrit translates to: "You will find no rest for the long years of Eternity For you killed a bird in love and unsuspecting."

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The Ramayana
Râmâyana
Ramayana Valmiki
Rāmāyaṇam
Ramayana

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Valmiki was a legendary poet who is celebrated as the traditional author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.

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Hindu leader.honorific prefix: Maharishi
Hindu leader.works: RamayanaYoga VasisthaValmiki Samhita
Hindu leader.image: Valmiki Ramayana.jpg
Hindu leader.religion: Hinduism
Hindu leader.caption: Sage Valmiki composing the Ramayana
Hindu leader.known_for: Composing the RamayanaGuru of Lava and KushaAvatar of Brahma
Hindu leader.movement: Dharmic movement called Valmikism is based on Valmiki's teachings
Hindu leader.lineage: Rama Mantraraj (mentioned by Govindaraja)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: Sanskrit
Religion: Hinduism
Notable work: Ramayana
Image: Valmiki Ramayana.jpg

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

Early life
The first shloka
Role in ''Ramayana''
Role in ''Mahabharata''
Reincarnation
Pragat Diwas
Temples
In popular culture
See also
Footnotes
References
Notes
Citations
Sources
External links

The Ramayana, originally written by Valmiki, consists of 24,000 shlokas and seven cantos (kaṇḍas). The is composed of about 480,002 words, being a quarter of the length of the full text of the Mahabharata or about four times the length of the Iliad. The Ramayana tells the story of a prince, Rama of the city of Ayodhya in the Kingdom of Kosala, whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the demon-king (Rakshasa) of Lanka. The scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages extending up to the 3rd century CE, although original date of composition is unknown. As with many traditional epics, it has gone through a process of interpolations and redactions, making it impossible to date accurately.

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