Valmiki

Maharishi Valmiki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, vālmīki) (during Lord Rama's time)[1] was an Indian Sanskrit poet and is celebrated as the poet

Valmiki
Maharishi Valmiki
Maharishi Valmiki composing the Ramayana.
Personal life
Notable idea(s)cannibalism
• Dalit figure
HonorsRevered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka.
Religious life
PhilosophyReligious movement called Valmikism is based on Valmiki's teachings.
Composed Ramayana

Maharishi Valmiki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, vālmīki) (during Lord Rama's time)[1] was an Indian Sanskrit poet and is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself.[2]

Role in Ramayana

Valmiki played an important role in Uttara Kanda, the last chapter of epic Ramayana. It is believed that The Uttara Kanda was not original work of Valmiki. It is believed to be taken up from Sesha Ramayana. According to the legend Rama send Sita to forest. Sita finds refuge in Sage Valmiki's ashram, where she gives birth to twin boys Lava (founder of Lahore) and Kusha (founder of Kasur) . Lava and Kusha were Valmiki's first disciples to whom he taught the Ramayana. Bala Kanda of the epic also telling the story of Valmiki narrating the Ramayana to his disciples Lava and Kusha.[3]

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Julia Leslie, Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions: Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki, Ashgate (2003), p. 154. ISBN 0754634310
  2. ↑ Vālmīki, Robert P. Goldman (1990). The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India. Vol. 1. Princeton University Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN 069101485X.
  3. ↑ Rao, T. S. Sha ma; Litent (2014-01-01). Lava Kusha. Litent.
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