वाल्मीकि

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Etymology

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Compound of वाल्मीक (vālmīka) +‎ -इ (-i).

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वाल्मीकि (vālmīki) stemm

  1. Valmiki; the author of Ramayana.
    • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.1:
      तपः स्वाध्यायनिरतं तपस्वी वाग्विदां वरम्।
      नारदं परिप्रपच्छ वाल्मीकिर्मुनिपुङ्गवम्॥
      tapaḥ svādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam.
      nāradaṃ pariprapaccha vālmīkirmunipuṅgavam.
      Ascetic Valmiki enquired of Narada, preeminent among the sages ever engaged in the practice of religious austerities, study of the Vedas and best among the eloquent.

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