Valmiki

Sage Valmiki composing the ''[[Ramayana]]'' Valmiki (; , )}} was a legendary poet who is celebrated as the traditional author of the epic ''Ramayana'', based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as ''Ādi Kavi'', the first poet, author of ''Ramayana'', the first epic poem.

The ''Ramayana'', originally written by Valmiki, consists of 24,000 shlokas and seven cantos (kaṇḍas). The is composed of about 480,002 words, being a quarter of the length of the full text of the ''Mahabharata'' or about four times the length of the ''Iliad''. The ''Ramayana'' tells the story of a prince, Rama of the city of Ayodhya in the Kingdom of Kosala, whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the demon-king (Rakshasa) of Lanka. The scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages extending up to the 3rd century CE, although original date of composition is unknown. As with many traditional epics, it has gone through a process of interpolations and redactions, making it impossible to date accurately.

British satirist Aubrey Menen says that Valmiki was "recognized as a literary genius," and thus was considered, "an outlaw," presumably because of his "philosophic scepticism," as part of an "Indian Enlightenment" period. Valmiki is also quoted as being the contemporary of Rama. Menen claims Valmiki is "the first author in all history to bring himself into his own composition." Provided by Wikipedia
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    Kāthamādauṃ, Vālmīki Saṃskṛta Mahāvidyālaya, Śāstranusandhāna Parishad.
    22 cm.
    “...Vālmīki Saṃskṛta Mahāvidyālaya. Śāstranusandhāna Parishad...”
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    Rāmāyaṇa Kishkindhākāṇḍa
    रामायण किष्किंधाकाण्ड
    Rāmaghāṭa, Banārasa Siṭī : Gorkhā Pustakālaya, [19--?]
    56 p. ; 16 cm.
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    Śrī Ravikr̥ta Rāmāyaṇa
    श्री रविकृत रामायण
    by Śarmā, Ravilāla
    Published 1955
    [Gulmī] : Bābu Bambāhādura Kārkī Kshetrī, 2012 [1955]
    80 p. ; 17 cm.
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  4. 64
    Delhi, Atma Ram, 1967.
    xix, 358 p. illus., map. 25 cm.
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    Cennapuri : Vāviḷla Rāmasvāmiśāstrulu aṇḍ Sans, 1924.
    7 v. ; 24 cm.
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  6. 66
    Maisūru : [s.n.], 1919.
    xvi, 366, [2] p. ; 21 cm.
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  7. 67
    by Muddaṇa, 1870-1901
    Published 1966
    [1966]
    iv, 212 p. illus., port. 19 cm.
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  8. 68
    by Apte, V. G. (Vasudeo Govind)
    Published 1913
    Puṇẽ : Ānanda Kāryālaya, 1913.
    iv, 72 p. ; 16 cm.
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  9. 69
    Lucknow : Navala Kishor, 1876.
    259 p.
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  10. 70
    Published 1977
    Tabanan : Santi Widya Satya Veteran, [1977?]-
    v. ; 21 cm.
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  11. 71
    by Venkateswarulu, Bulusu, 1917-
    Published 1979
    Kākināḍa : Vēṅkaṭēśvarulu, 1979-<1982 >
    v. <1-3 > : ill. ; 26 cm.
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  12. 72
    by Vaithisvaran, T. R., 1909-
    Published 1964
    1964-
    v. 19 cm.
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  13. 73
    Published 1970
    Tabanan : Santi Widya-Satya Veteran, [197-]
    34 p. ; 21 cm.
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  14. 74
    by Narasimhācāriyar, A. Vī
    Published 1911
    Ceṉṉai : Ār. Veṅkaṭēcvar aṇṭu Kampeṉi, 1911.
    xii, 400 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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  15. 75
    [196-?]
    512 p. 26 cm.
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  16. 76
    Dillī : Ānanda Prakāśana : [vitaraka Jaya Bhārata Presa], 1968.
    11, 220 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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  17. 77
    Published 1974
    Bombay : Theosophy Co. (India), 1974.
    vi, 248 p. ; 19 cm.
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    Tāḍepalligūḍeṃ : Pratulaku, Jandhyāla Candraśēkhar, 1982.
    179 p. ; 23 cm.
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  19. 79
    by Chandramouli, Kalluri, 1899-
    Published 1950
    Tenāli : Sandēśamāla, <1950- >
    v. <3 > ; 18 cm.
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  20. 80
    [1973]
    472 p. 20 cm.
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