vālmīki | वाल्मीकि | vAlmIki
vālmīki | वाल्मीकि | m. (incorrectly vālmiki | वाल्मिकि |) N. of the celebrated author of the Rāmāyaṇa (so called, according to some, because when immersed in thought he allowed himself to be overrun with ants like an anthill; he was no doubt a Brāhman by birth and closely connected with the kings of Ayodhyā; he collected the different songs and legendary tales relating to Rāma-candra and welded them into one continuous poem, to which later additions may have been made; he is said to have invented the Śloka metre, and probably the language and style of Indian epic poetry owe their definite form to him; according to one tradition he began life as a robber, but repenting be took himself to a hermitage on a hill in the district of Banda in Bundelkund, where he eventually received Sītā, the wife of Rāma, when banished by her husband; cf. IW. 314; 315 &c.), MBh.; R. &c.
of a son of Garuḍa, MBh.
of a grammarian, TPrāt.
N. of the authors of various works (the Yoga-vāsiṣṭha, the Adbhuta-rāmāyaṇa, and the Gaṅgāṣṭaka), Cat.
(with kavi | कवि |) of the son of Rudra-maṇi Tri-pāṭhin and author of the Ramalendu-prakāśa, ib.
of a son of Garuḍa, MBh.
of a grammarian, TPrāt.
N. of the authors of various works (the Yoga-vāsiṣṭha, the Adbhuta-rāmāyaṇa, and the Gaṅgāṣṭaka), Cat.
(with kavi | कवि |) of the son of Rudra-maṇi Tri-pāṭhin and author of the Ramalendu-prakāśa, ib.