वाल्मीकि
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Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ৱাল্মীকি (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬮ᭄ᬫᬷᬓᬶ (Balinese script)
- বাল্মীকি (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰩𑰿𑰦𑰱𑰎𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑁆𑀫𑀻𑀓𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါလ္မီကိ (Burmese script)
- વાલ્મીકિ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਲ੍ਮੀਕਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌲𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌕𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦭ꧀ꦩꦷꦏꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂪𑂹𑂧𑂲𑂍𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ (Kannada script)
- វាល្មីកិ (Khmer script)
- ວາລ຺ມີກິ (Lao script)
- വാല്മീകി (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠮᡳᡳᡬᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘩𑘿𑘦𑘲𑘎𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᠯᠮᠢᠢᢉᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑧉𑧠𑧆𑧓𑦮𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐮𑑂𑐩𑐷𑐎𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଵାଲ୍ମୀକି (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢭ꣄ꢪꢷꢒꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆬𑇀𑆩𑆵𑆑𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖩𑖿𑖦𑖱𑖎𑖰 (Siddham script)
- වාල්මීකි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩽 𑪙𑩴𑩑𑩛𑩜𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚥𑚶𑚢𑚯𑚊𑚮 (Takri script)
- வால்மீகி (Tamil script)
- వాల్మీకి (Telugu script)
- วาลฺมีกิ (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ལྨཱི་ཀི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒪𑓂𑒧𑒲𑒏𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨬𑩇𑨢𑨁𑨊𑨋𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Compound of वाल्मीक (vālmīka) + -इ (-i).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]वाल्मीकि • (vālmīki) stem, m
- Valmiki; the author of Ramayana.
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.1:
- तपः स्वाध्यायनिरतं तपस्वी वाग्विदां वरम्।
नारदं परिप्रपच्छ वाल्मीकिर्मुनिपुङ्गवम्॥- tapaḥ svādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam.
nāradaṃ pariprapaccha vālmīkirmunipuṅgavam. - Ascetic Valmiki enquired of Narada, preeminent among the sages ever engaged in the practice of religious austerities, study of the Vedas and best among the eloquent.
- tapaḥ svādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam.
- तपः स्वाध्यायनिरतं तपस्वी वाग्विदां वरम्।