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Valmiki (/vɑːlˈmiːki/;[1] Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि [ʋaːlmiːkɪ], Vālmīki)[A] is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature.[4] The epic Ramayana, dated variously from the 5th century BCE[5][6] to first century BCE,[7] is attributed to him, based on the attribution in the text itself.[8] He is revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.
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The Ramayana, originally written by Valmiki, consists of 24,000 shlokas and seven cantos (kaṇḍas).[9] The Ramayana 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 (Asura) of Lanka. Valmiki's Ramayana is dated variously from 500 BCE to 100 BCE[10] or about co-eval with early versions of the Mahabharata.[11] 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,"[12] as part of an "Indian Enlightenment" period.[13] 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."[14]