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वाल्मीकि

vAlmIki

Capeller Eng

वाल्मीकि

masculine

name

of

an

ancient

Ṛṣi,

the

author

of

the

Rāmāyaṇa,

etc.

Monier Williams Cologne

वाल्मीकि

masculine gender.

(

incorrectly

वाल्मिकि

)

nalopākhyāna

of

the

celebrated

author

of

the

Rāmāyaṇa

(

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

confer, compare.

Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams

314

315

et cetera.

),

mahābhārata

rāmāyaṇa

et cetera.

of

a

son

of

Garuḍa,

mahābhārata

of

a

grammarian,

taittirīya-prātiśākhya

nalopākhyāna

of

the

authors

of

various

works

(

the

Yoga-vāsiṣṭha,

the

Adbhuta-rāmāyaṇa,

and

the

Gaṅgāṣṭaka

),

Catalogue(s)

(

with

कवि

)

of

the

son

of

Rudra-maṇi

Tri-pāṭhin

and

author

of

the

Ramalendu-prakāśa,

ib.

Macdonell

वाल्मीकि

vālmīki,

Masculine.

N.

of

an

ancient

sage,

composer

of

the

Rāmāyaṇa:

ī-ya,

Adjective.

connected

with

or

composed

by

Vālmīki.

Apte Hindi

वाल्मीकिः

पुंलिङ्गम्

-

वल्मीके

भवः

अण्

इञ्

एक

विख्यात

मुनि

तथा

रामायण

के

प्रणेता

का

नाम

L R Vaidya

vAlmIki

{%

m.

%}

Name

of

the

celebrated

author

of

the

Rāmāyaṇa.

(

See

App.

II.

)

Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

वाल्मीकि

Quoted

in

Taittirīyaprātiśākhya

5,

36.

9,

4.

18,

6.

वाल्मीकि

Rāmāyaṇa.

Verses

from

it

Śp.

p.

84.

Sbhv.

Gaṅgāṣṭaka,

not

in

Rāmāyaṇa.

वाल्मीकि

pupil

of

Nityanātha:

Jātakavarṣapaddhati.

Mahabharata

Vālmīki,

a

ṛshi.

§

61

(

Sarpasattra

):

I,

55,

†2110

(

ºvat

).

--§

266

(

Śakrasabhāv.

):

II,

7,

297

(

in

the

palace

of

Indra

).

--§

376

(

Tīrthayātrāp.

):

III,

85,

8262.--§

599

(

Jayadrathavadhap.

):

VII,

143,

6019

(

purā

gītaḥ

śloko

Vºinā,

a

verse

of

his

quoted

).--§

637

(

Rājadh.

):

XII,

47,

1595.--§

664

(

Mokshadh.

):

XII,

207,

7521.--§

730

(

Ānuśāsanik.

):

XIII,

18,

1303

(

was

denounced

as

one

guilty

of

brahmanicide,

but

was

cleansed,

having

sought

the

protection

of

Śiva

).

Cf.

Bhārgava

(

additions

).

Vālmīki^2,

a

Suparṇa,

son

of

Garuḍa.

§

564

(

Mātalīyop.

):

V,

101,

3596.

Purana

वाल्मीकि

/

VĀLMĪKI

I.

A

hermit

who

was

the

first

among

poets

and

the

author

of

rāmāyaṇa.1

)

General

information.

Knowledge

about

this

hermit

who

was

the

first

among

the

poets

of

bhārata,

is

scanty.

So

we

have

to

depend

mainly

on

some

hearsay

for

the

life

history

of

this

sage.

It

is

said

that

vālmīki

was

the

tenth

son

of

varuṇa.

But

in

his

younger

age

he

fell

into

the

hands

of

wicked

people

and

became

a

wicked

man,

like

his

friends.

Then

his

name

was

not

vālmīki.

Being

a

father,

he

had

to

support

his

family.

For

this

purpose

he

used

to

plunder

travellers.

Once

he

happened

to

catch

the

saptarṣis

(

the

seven

hermits

)

who

passed

by

that

way.

The

hermits

asked

him

whether

his

wife

and

children

would

share

the

sins

he

had

incurred

by

plundering.

The

plunderer

could

not

answer

that

unexpected

question.

He

ran

home

and

asked

his

wife

and

children

if

they

would

share

the

sins

incurred

by

him.

They

were

not

prepared

to

do

so.

In

a

moment

his

life

underwent

a

thorough

change.

He

ran

to

the

saptarṣis

and

knelt

before

them.

They

imparted

to

the

forester,

knowledge

of

the

Vedas.

The

forester

sat

under

a

tree

and

began

to

sing

‘Rāma

rāma.’

Days

and

months

and

years

passed,

unknown

to

him.

He

did

not

know

that

white

ants

had

built

a

shelter

above

him.

After

several

years

the

saptarṣis

returned

by

that

way.

They

broke

the

ant-hill

and

took

the

hermit

out.

Because

he

came

out

of

Valmīka

or

white-ant-hill

he

came

to

be

known

as

vālmīki.

He

built

his

hermitage

on

the

bank

of

the

river

tamasā

and

lived

there

with

his

disciples.

It

was

at

this

place

that

he

composed

the

famous

poem

rāmāyaṇa.

(

For

further

details

see

under

rāmāyaṇa

).2

)

Other

details.

(

1

)

vālmīki

shines

in

the

palace

of

indra.

(

M.B.

Sabhā

Parva,

Chapter

7,

Stanza

16

).(

ii

)

Mention

is

made

in

mahābhārata,

Udyoga

Parva,

Chapter

83,

Stanza

27,

that

vālmīki

met

śrī

kṛṣṇa

who

was

going

to

hastināpura

as

a

messenger

of

the

pāṇḍavas.(

iii

)

sātyaki

recited

a

poem

composed

by

vālmīki,

after

having

killed

bhūriśravas

in

the

bhārata-battle.

(

M.B.

droṇa

parva,

Chapter

143,

Stanza

57

).(

iv

)

vālmīki

told

yudhiṣṭhira

of

the

benefits

of

his

devotion

to

śiva.

(

M.B.

anuśāsana

parva,

Chapter

18,

Stanza

8

).

वाल्मीकि

/

VĀLMĪKI

II.

One

of

the

prominent

sons

of

garuḍa.

(

mahābhārata,

Udyoga

Parva,

Chapter

101,

Stanza

11

).

Amarakosha

वाल्मीकि

पुं।

वाल्मीकिः

समानार्थकाः

प्राचेतस्,

आदिकवि,

मैत्रावरुणि,

वाल्मीकि

2।7।36।3।1

उपस्पर्शस्त्वाचमनमथ

मौनमभाषणम्.

प्राचेतसश्चादिकविः

स्यान्मैत्रावरुणिश्च

सः।

वाल्मीकिश्चाथ

गाधेयो

विश्वामित्रश्च

कौशिकः।

व्यासो

द्वैपायनः

पाराशर्यः

सत्यवतीसुतः।

आनुपूर्वी

स्त्रियां

वावृत्परिपाटी

अनुक्रमः॥

पदार्थ-विभागः

,

द्रव्यम्,

आत्मा,

ऋषिः

Kalpadruma

वाल्मीकिः,

पुंलिङ्गम्

(

वल्मीके

भवः

वल्मीक

+

इञ्

)भृगुवंशीयमुनिविशेषः

इति

त्रिकाण्डशेषः

यथा,

--“रावणान्तकरो

राजा

रघूणां

वंशवर्द्धनः

।वाल्मीकिर्यस्य

चरितं

चक्रे

भार्गवसत्तमः

”इति

मात्स्ये

१२

अध्यायः

(

यथा

वा

काव्यादर्शभूमिकायाम्

।“जाते

जगति

वाल्मीकौ

कविरित्यभिधाभवत्

।कवी

इति

ततो

व्यासे

कवयस्त्वयि

दण्डिनि

)

Vachaspatyam

वाल्मीक(

कि

)

पुंलिङ्गम्

वल्मीके

भवः

अण्

इञ्

वा

भार्गवेप्राचेतसे

मुनिभेदे

जटा०

Capeller Germany

वाल्मीकि

Masculine.

N.

des

Verfassers

des

Rāmāyaṇa.

Burnouf French

वाल्मीकि

वाल्मीकि,

वाल्मिकि

et

वाल्मीक

masculine

np.

de

l'auteur

du

Rāmāyaṇa.

वात्मीकीय

a.

de

Vālmīki.

Stchoupak French

वाल्मीकि-

(

qqf.

वाल्मिकि-

fautif

)

Masculine.

Neuter.

d'un

célèbre

Ṛṣi,

auquel

on

attribue

la

composition

du

Rām.

et

l'invention

du

mètre

śloka

fils

de

Garuḍa

-ईय-

a.

relatif

à,

composé

par

Vālmīki.