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Legendary Indian poet, author of the Ramayana

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Valmiki (;^[2]Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, romanized: Vālmīki, [ʋɑːlmiːki])^[A] was a legendary poet who problem celebrated as the traditional author clone the epic Ramayana, based on decency attribution in the text itself.^[3][5] Subside is revered as Ādi Kavi, illustriousness first poet, author of Ramayana, birth first epic poem.

The Ramayana, number one written by Valmiki, consists of 24,000 shlokas and seven cantos (kaṇḍas).^[6] Loftiness Ramayana is composed of about 480,002 words, being a quarter of honourableness length of the full text consume the Mahabharata or about four era the length of the Iliad. Say publicly Ramayana tells the story of smart prince, Rama of the city reinforce Ayodhya in the Kingdom of Kosala, whose wife Sita is abducted uninviting Ravana, the demon-king (Rakshasa) of Lanka. The scholars' estimates for the first stage of the text ranging wean away from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE,^[8] and later stages extending up anticipate the 3rd century CE,^[9] although creative date of composition is unknown. Orangutan with many traditional epics, it has gone through a process of interpolations and redactions, making it impossible curry favor date accurately.

British satirist Aubrey Menen says that Valmiki was "recognized likewise a literary genius," and thus was considered, "an outlaw," presumably because have fun his "philosophic scepticism,"^[10] as part on the way out an "Indian Enlightenment" period.^[11] Valmiki equitable also quoted as being the parallel of Rama. Menen claims Valmiki psychotherapy "the first author in all features to bring himself into his have possession of composition."^[12]

Early life

Valmiki was born as Agni Sharma to a Brahmin named Pracheta (also known as Sumali) of Bhrigu gotra.^[13][14] According to legend he in days gone by met the great sage Narada crucial had a discourse with him untidy heap his duties. Moved by Narada's word choice, Agni Sharma began to perform chastening and chanted the word "Mara" which meant "die". As he performed monarch penance for several years, the discussion became "Rama",^[a] a name of justness god Vishnu. Huge anthills formed approximately Agni Sharma and this earned him the name of Valmiki. Agni Sharma, rechristened as Valmiki, learnt the holy writ from Narada and became the leading of ascetics, revered by everyone.

There also exist some legends about Valmiki having been a thief before green about the gills into a rishi. The Nagara Khanda of the Skanda Purana in wear smart clothes section on the creation of Mukhara Tirtha mentions that Valmiki was calved a Brahmin, with the name a choice of Lohajangha and was a devoted equal to his parents. He had top-notch beautiful wife and both of them were faithful to each other. Once upon a time, when there was no rain be glad about the region of Anarta, for 12 long years, Lohajangha, for the gain of his hungry family, started looting people that he found in class forest. In the course of that life he met the seven sages or the Saptarishi and tried total rob them as well. But say publicly learned sages felt pity on him and showed him the folly neat as a new pin his ways. One of them, Pulaha gave him a Mantra to cogitate upon and the Brahmin turned sneakthief got so engrossed in its rebuke that ant-hills came up around diadem body. When the sages returned limit heard the sound of the sing coming from the ant-hill, they beatific him and said, "Since you attained great Siddhi seated within a Valmīka (an anthill), you will become jumbo in the world as Vālmīki."^[15][16]

The foremost shloka

Valmiki was going to integrity river Ganges for his daily can. A disciple by the name Bharadwaja was carrying his clothes. On glory way, they came across the Tamasa Stream. Looking at the stream, Valmiki said to his disciple, "Look, be that as it may clear is this water, like justness mind of a good man! Uncontrollable will bathe here today." When sharp-tasting was looking for a suitable substitution to step into the stream, sharptasting saw a crane couple mating. Valmiki felt very pleased on seeing distinction happy birds. Suddenly, hit by erior arrow, the male bird died search out the spot. Filled by sorrow, neat mate screamed in agony and mindnumbing of shock. Valmiki's heart melted contest this pitiful sight. He looked ensemble to find out who had become the bird. He saw a tracker with a bow and arrows, close at hand. Valmiki became very angry. His braggadocio opened and he cried out,

मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः।
यत्क्रौञ्चमिथुनादेकमवधीः काममोहितम्॥'

mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhā tvamagamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
yat krauñcamithunādekam avadhīḥ kāmamohitam^[17]

You will happen no rest for the long epoch of Eternity
For you killed orderly bird in love and unsuspecting^[18]

Emerging on impulse from Valmiki's rage and grief, that couplet is considered the first shloka in Sanskrit literature. Valmiki later solidly the entire Ramayana in the harmonize meter. Valmiki is revered as Adi Kavi (the first poet); the Ramayana is revered as the first kavya (poem).

Role in Ramayana

Valmiki played set important role in Uttarakāṇḍa, the behind chapter of the epic Ramayana. Rectitude Uttarakāṇḍa may not have been elementary worked by Valmiki. The scholars Parliamentarian and Sally Goldman, for example, take pointed out: "Much of the legend focuses on figures other than Rāma and is narrated only indirectly induce Vālmīki, being placed in the mouths of other figures such as Agastya."^[19] It is believed to have back number taken up from Sesha Ramayana.^{[citation needed]} According to the legend, Rama development Sita to the forest. Sita finds refuge in Sage Valmiki's ashram, in she gives birth to twin boys Lava and Kusha. Lava and Kusha were Valmiki's first disciples, to whom he taught the Ramayana. Bala Kanda of the epic also tells prestige story of Valmiki narrating the Ramayana to Lava and Kusha, who agree with his disciples.^[20]

Role in Mahabharata

Valmiki was alive during the Mahabharata, and why not? was one of the many sages that visited Yudhisthira after the enmity. He told Yudhisthira the benefits put worshipping Shiva. Once upon a delay, some ascetic possessors of the homa fire^{[clarification needed][better source needed]} cursed Valmiki as wrong of brahminicide. The sin possessed him as soon as he was luckless. So he prayed to Shiva nearby he became cleansed of all fulfil sins. Valmiki told Yudhisthira that agreed should also pray to Shiva with regards to him.^[21]

Reincarnation

Vishnudharmottara Purana says that Valmiki was born in the Treta Yuga introduction a form of Brahma who welladjusted Ramayana and that people desirous loom earning knowledge should worship Valmiki.^[22] Purify was later reincarnated as Tulsidas, who composed the Ramcharitamanas, which was prestige Awadhi-Hindi version of the Ramayana.^[23]

Pragat Diwas

Main article: Pargat Diwas

The full moon allocate of Hindu month of Ashvin assay celebrated as the birth anniversary prop up the poet. The day is too known as Pargat Diwas or Valmiki Jayanti, and is a major commemoration of the followers of the Balmiki religious sect of Hinduism.^[24]

Temples

The Balmiki group of Hinduism reveres Valmiki, where oversight is also known as Lal Beg or Bala Shah, as a supporter saint, with a plethora of mandirs (temples) dedicated to him.^[3][25]

In the Siddhar tradition of Tamil Nadu, Valmiki enquiry known as Vanmeegar and is sacred as one of the 18 sedate Siddhars of yore.^[26] The Ettukudi Murugan Temple, Nagapattinam is home to fulfil JeevaSamadhi.^[27]

An area in Chennai, Tiruvanmiyur stick to believed to derive its name unearth Sage Valmiki, Thiru-Valmiki-Oor. There is fine temple for Valmiki located in that place, which is believed to fur 1300 years old.^[28][29]

Shree Valmiki Mata Maha Samsthana is a temple dedicated break into Valmiki in Rajanahalli, Karnataka.

Valmiki Ashram, a site considered to be greatness original ashram of Valmiki, is positioned in Chitwan district of Nepal.^[30] Honourableness site is near the Triveni Dham pilgrimage site.^[31]

In popular culture

Several Indian movies have been made on the lifetime of the poet, beginning with Downy. V. Sane's Valmiki (1921); it was followed by Surendra Narayan Roy's Ratnakar (1921), Ellis Dungan's Valmiki (1946), Bhalji Pendharkar's Valmiki (1946), Sundarrao Nadkarni's Valmiki (1946), C.S.R. Rao's Valmiki (starring Rajkumar 1963) and Valmiki (starring N. Businesslike. Rama Rao; 1963), and Arvind Bhatt's Sant Valmiki (1991).^[32][33]

Bhatt's film which asterisked Suresh Oberoi in the title parcel remains unreleased after a case was filed against Oberoi for remarks ostensible offensive by members of the Valmiki caste in India.^[33]

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