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वाल्मीकि (vAlmIki)

 
Capeller Eng
English
वाल्मीकि
m.
N.
 of an ancient Ṛṣi, the author of the
Rāmāyaṇa, etc.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वाल्मीकि
m.
 (incorrectly वाल्मिकि)
N.
 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
cf.
IW.
 314
315
&c.
 ),
MBh.
R.
&c.
of a son of Garuḍa,
MBh.
of a grammarian,
TPrāt.
N.
 of the authors of various works (the Yoga-vāsiṣṭha, the Adbhuta-rāmāyaṇa, and the Gaṅgāṣṭaka),
Cat.
(with कवि) of the son of Rudra-maṇi Tri-pāṭhin and author of the Ramalendu-prakāśa, ib.
Monier Williams 1872
English
वाल्मीकि, इस्, m. (also spelt वाल्मिकि), N. of the
celebrated author of the Rāmāyaṇa, (so called, ac-
cording to some, because when immersed in thought
he allowed himself to be overrun with ants like an
ant-hill
according to one tradition he began life as
a robber, but repenting of his misdeeds betook him-
self 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.)
Macdonell
English
वाल्मीकि vālmīki,
m.
 N. of an ancient sage, 🞄composer of the Rāmāyaṇa: ī-ya,
a.
 connected 🞄with or composed by Vālmīki.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
वाल्मीकिः
पुं*
 - वल्मीके भवः अण् इञ्
एक विख्यात मुनि तथा रामायण के प्रणेता का नाम
L R Vaidya
English
vAlmIki {% m. %} Name of the celebrated author of the Rāmāyaṇa. (See App. II.)
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
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.
अभिधानचिन्तामणिः
Sanskrit
--source--
प्राचेतसस्तु वाल्मीकिर्वल्मीककुशिनौ कविः ।
मैत्त्रावरुणवाल्मीकौ वेदव्यासस्तु माठरः ॥ ८४६ ॥
द्वैपायनः पाराशर्यः कानीनो बादरायणः ।
व्यासोऽस्याम्बा सत्यवती वासवी गन्धकालिका ॥ ८४७ ॥
योजनगन्धा दाशेयी शालङ्कायनजा च सा ।
-wordlist-
प्राचेतस (पुं), वाल्मीकि (पुं), वल्मीक (पुं), कुशिन् (पुं), कवि (पुं), मैत्रावरुण (पुं), वाल्मीक (पुं), वेदव्यास (पुं), माठर (पुं), द्वैपायन (पुं), पाराशर्य (पुं), कानीन (पुं), बादरायण (पुं), व्यास (पुं), सत्यवती (स्त्री), वासवी (स्त्री), गन्धकालिका (स्त्री), योजनगन्धा (स्त्री), दाशेयी (स्त्री), शालङ्कायनजा (स्त्री)
अभिधानरत्नमाला
Sanskrit
प्राचेतस
प्राचेतस, वाल्मीकि, मैत्रावरुण
प्राचेतसस्तु वाल्मीकिर्मैत्रावरुण उच्यते ॥ ४१२ ॥
verse 2.1.1.412
page 0048
Mahabharata
English
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.
पुराणम्
English
वाल्मीकि १ / 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 २ / VĀLMĪKI II. One of the prominent sons of garuḍa. (mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Chapter 101, Stanza 11).
अमरकोशः
Sanskrit
Word: वाल्मीकिः
Root: वाल्मीकि
Gender: पुं
Number: all
Meaning(s):
⇒
Shloka(s):
2|7|36|2 ► प्राचेतसश्चादिकविः स्यान्मैत्रावरुणिश्च सः। (ब्रह्मवर्गः)
2|7|36|3 ► वाल्मीकिश्चाथ गाधेयो विश्वामित्रश्च कौशिकः। (ब्रह्मवर्गः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 2|7|36|2 ⇢ प्राचेताः (प्राचेतस्) (पुं)
➠ 2|7|36|2 ⇢ आदिकविः (आदिकवि) (पुं)
➠ 2|7|36|2 ⇢ मैत्रावरुणिः (मैत्रावरुणि) (पुं)
➠ 2|7|36|3 ⇢ वाल्मीकिः (वाल्मीकि) (पुं)
Related word(s):
परा_अपरासंबन्धः ➡ संन्यासी
जातिः ➡ ऋषिः
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
वाल्मीकिः,
पुं,
 (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 ॥
”)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
वाल्मीक(कि)
पु०
 वल्मीके भवः अण् इञ् वा । भार्गवेप्राचेतसे मुनिभेदे जटा० ।
Capeller
German
वाल्मीकि
m.
 N. des Verfassers des Rāmāyaṇa.
Burnouf
French
वाल्मीकि वाल्मीकि, वाल्मिकि et वाल्मीक
m.
 np. de
l'auteur du Rāmāyaṇa.
वात्मीकीय a. de Vālmīki.
Stchoupak
French
वाल्मीकि-
(qqf. वाल्मिकि- fautif)
m.
n.
 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.