write a short note on maharshi Valmiki
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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."
Valmiki also known as Lal Beg or Bala Shah, is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature.The epic Ramayana, dated variously from the 5th century BCEto first century BCE,[5] is attributed to him, based on the attribution in the text itself.[6] He is revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.
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Maharshi Valmiki is also known as 'Adi kavi' or first poet as he discovered the first 'Sloka', ie, the first verse which set the base of Sanskrit poetry. Valmiki is the author of the famous Hindu epic Ramayana and one of the greatest saints of the ancient world.