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Valmiki

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[vahl-mee-kee] / vɑlˈmi ki /

noun

  1. Hindu poet and reputed author of the Ramayana.


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Composed by Tulsidas, the poem is a retelling of Ramayana, the Sanskrit epic written by Hindu sage Valmiki 2,500 years ago.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023

The male tiger had been terrorising communities around the Valmiki Tiger Reserve.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2022

The scope and influence of “The Ramayana” rival those of the Bible: The earliest Sanskrit version, 24,000 verses written by the Hindu poet Valmiki, is more than 2,300 years old.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022

The Ramayana, a Sanskrit epic attributed to the poet-sage Valmiki and dated to around 400 B.C., is at once a moral tale, a devotional tract and a proto-Bollywood epic.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2010

Before they could thank Valmiki, he sank back into the anthill and it closed up around him.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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