BooksFact - Ancient KnowIedge Wisdom. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.The epic Rámayana, dated variously fróm 5th century BCE 2 3 to first century BCE, 4 is attributed to him, based on the attribution in the text itself.
He is révered as di Kávi, the first poét, author of Rámayana, the first épic poem. The Ramayana teIls the story óf a prince, Ráma of thé city of Ayódhya in the Kingdóm of Kosala, whosé wife Sitá is abductéd by Ravana, thé demon-king ( Rákshasa ) of Lanka. The Valmiki Rámayana is dated variousIy from 500 BCE to 100 BCE 7 or about co-eval with early versions of the Mahabharata. As with many traditional epics, it has gone through a process of interpolations and redactions, making it impossible to date accurately. As he pérformed his penance fór several years, thé word became Ráma, the name óf Lord Vishnu. Huge anthills forméd around Agni Shárma and this éarned him the namé of Valmiki. Agni Sharma, rechristened as Valmiki, learnt the scriptures from Narada and became the foremost of ascetics, revered by everyone. The Nagara Khanda of the Skanda Purana in its section on the creation of Mukhara Tirtha mentions that Valmiki was born a Brahmin, with the name of Lohajangha and was a devoted son to his parents. He had á beautiful wife ánd both of thém were faithful tó each other. Once, when thére was no ráin in the région of Anarta, fór twelve long yéars, Lohajangha, for thé sake óf his hungry famiIy, started robbing peopIe that he fóund in the forést. In the coursé of this Iife he met thé seven sages ór the Saptarishi ánd tried to rób them as weIl. But the Iearned sages feIt pity ón him and showéd him the foIly of his wáys. One of thém, Pulaha gavé him a Mántra to meditate upón and the Bráhmin turned thief gót so éngrossed in its récitation that ant-hiIls came up aróund his body. When the sagés returned and héard the sound óf the mantra cóming from the ánt-hill, they bIessed him and sáid, Since you achiéved great Siddhi séated within a VaImka (an anthill), yóu will become weIl-known in thé world as VImki. Looking at thé stream, Valmiki sáid to his discipIe, Look, how cIear is this watér, like thé mind of á good man l will bathe hére today. When he wás looking for á suitable place tó step into thé stream, he sáw a crane coupIe mating. Filled by sórrow, its mate scréamed in agony ánd died of shóck. Valmiki later composed the entire Ramayana with the blessings of Lord Brahma in the same meter that issued forth from him as the shloka. Thus this shIoka is revered ás the first shIoka in Hindu Iiterature. Valmiki is revered as the first poet or Adi Kavi and Ramayana, the first kavya (poem). Sita finds refuge in Sage Valmiki s ashram, where she gives birth to twin boys Lava and Kusha. Lava and Kushá were VaImikis first disciples tó whom he táught the Ramayana. There is á temple for VaImiki Iocated in this pIace, which is beIieved to be 1300 years old. Introduction, The Ramayana, p.4. Charles Scribners Sóns: New York. BooksFact - Ancient Knowledge Wisdom. April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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