वाल्मीकि — {vālmīki} m. (incorrectly {vālmiki}) N. of the celebrated author of the Rāmâyaṇa (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##314 ; 315 &c.) MBh. R. &c##of a son of Garuḍa MBh##of a grammarian TPrāt##of the authors of various wks. (the Yoga-vāsishṭha, the Adbhuta-rāmâyaṇa, and the Gaṅgashṭaka) Cat##(with {kavi}) of the son of Rudra-maṇi Tri-pāṭhin and author of the Ramalêndu-prakāśa ib
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