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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  1. 81
    by Sudhākaradvivedī
    Published 1915
    Benares : Padmakara Dvivedi : Sold by Bhargava Book Depot, 1972 [1915]
    91, 35 p. ; 23 cm.
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  2. 82
    Kōḻikkōṭ : Pi. Ke. Bṟadērs, 1933.
    iv, 126 p. ; 19 cm.
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  3. 83
    by Chidbhavananda, Swami
    Published 1970
    Tirupparāyttuṟai : Śrī Rāmakiruṣṇa Tapōvaṉam, 1970.
    168 p. ; 13 cm.
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  4. 84
    by Harikiṣan
    Published 1977
    Vijayavāḍa : Ḍisṭribyūṭars, Sarvōdaya Pabliṣarsu, 1977-
    v. <1 > ; 23 cm.
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  5. 85
    Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1977.
    xiv, 113 p. ; 20 cm.
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  6. 86
    London ; New York : George Routledge and Sons, [18--]
    xii, 256 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
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  7. 87
    by Oman, John Campbell, 1841-1911
    Published 1975
    Delhi : Indian Reprint Pub. Co., 1975.
    x, 256 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
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  8. 88
    Rāmāyaṇa Kishkindhākāṇḍa
    रामायण किष्किंधाकाण्ड
    Rāmaghāṭa, Banārasa Siṭī : Gorkhā Pustakālaya, [19--?]
    1 online resource (56 p.)
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  9. 89
    by Mukerji, Dhan Gopal, 1890-1936
    Published 1931
    London : J.M. Dent & Sons, 1931.
    1 online resource (xv, 220 p.) : ill.
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  10. 90
    1968.
    26, 135 p. port. 18 cm.
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  11. 91
    by Bhoothalingam, Mathuram
    Published 1970
    New Delhi, Soumani Publications [1970]
    88 p. 19 cm.
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  12. 92
    by Sweeney, Amin
    Published 1972
    Kuala Lumpur, Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1972.
    xiii, 464 p. maps. 23 cm.
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  13. 93
    Madrāsu : Ār. Veṅkaṭēśvara Kampaniyavarinda, 1911-
    ; 18 cm.
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  14. 94
    Ranʻ Kunʻ : Rvhe saññʻ Cā pe, 1973.
    204 p. ; 18 cm.
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  15. 95
    by Nanavati, Rajendra I., 1939-
    Published 1982
    Ahmedabad : L.D. Institute of Indology, 1982.
    xii, 195 p. ; 25 cm.
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  16. 96
    by Miśra, Yuddha Prasāda, 1908-
    Published 1970
    2027- i.e. 1970-
    v. 18 cm.
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  17. 97
    by Ramanathan, S., 1931-
    Published 1968
    [1968]
    448 p. illus. 18 cm.
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  18. 98
    Ammembaḷa : Kannaḍa Sēvā Saṅgha, 1940.
    viii, 107 p. ; 18 cm.
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  19. 99
    London : J.M. Dent & Co., 1900.
    xix, 384 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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  20. 100
    by Anantakr̥ṣṇa Ayyar, E. Es
    Published 1983
    Madṟās : Mañcēri Bṟadērs, 1983.
    137 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 23 cm.
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