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Valmiki

[vahl-mee-kee]
noun
  1. Hindu poet and reputed author of the Ramayana.
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  • This conjunction is the only special feature of Valmiki Pratibha.

    My Reminiscences

    Rabindranath Tagore

  • Valmiki Pratibha is not a composition which will bear being read.

    My Reminiscences

    Rabindranath Tagore

  • It was for an entertainment in this connection that the Valmiki Pratibha was composed.

    My Reminiscences

    Rabindranath Tagore

  • The god also made the heart of Valmiki as transparent as crystal.

    Hania

    Henryk Sienkiewicz

  • After he had been thus buried alive, he became himself a Rishi, and was known as Valmiki Rishi, valmiki meaning an ant-hill.