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Etymology
Compound of वाल्मीक (vālmīka) + -इ (-i).
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वाल्मीकि • (vālmīki) stem, m
- 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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