Valmiki

वाल्मीकि

Vālmīki

Country

India

Languages

Epic Sanskrit

Dates

c. 8th-4th century BC

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Valmiki was a legendary poet and Hindu maharishi (sage) who is celebrated as the traditional author of the smriti epic Ramayana, one of Hinduism's two Itihasas, based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.