वाल्मीक

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : बाँबी, वाल्मीकि

A dictionary, Marathi and English

The name of a saint, the author of the रामायण.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  The name of a saint, the author of the रामायण.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : वाल्मीकी

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वाल्मीक  m.  m. ( fr. वल्मीक) = वाल्मीकि, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]
N. of a son of चित्र-गुप्त, [Cat.]
वाल्मीक  mfn.  mfn. composed by वाल्मीकि, [BrahmaP.]

Shabda-Sagara

वाल्मीक  m.  ( -कः) VĀLMĪKA or VĀLMĪKI, the first poet and the famous author of the Rāmāyaṇa. Though a Brāhmana by birth he led a depraved life and was a notorious cut-throat, but was reclaimed by Nārada. One day while he was engaged in his devotions, he saw a fowler in the act of shooting at a pair of curlews and a curse fell from his mouth in the shape of a regular stanza. The sage discovered that it was a new mode of composition and by the advice of BRAHMĀ he composed the Rāmāyaṇa in that style. SITĀ when repudiated by her husband, took refuge with this sage who brought up her twin sons.
E. वल्मीक an ant-hill, aff. अण्, or

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वल्मीक अण्

with इञ् aff. वाल्मीकि; so immersed in abstraction as to be overrun with ant's nests.