वाल्मीकि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

Compound of वाल्मीक (vālmīka) +‎ -इ (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːl.miː.ki/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːl̪ˈmiː.ki/

Proper noun

वाल्मीकि • (vālmīki) stem, m

1. 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.

Descendants

• → English: Valmiki
• → Malayalam: വാല്മീകി (vālmīki), വാൽമീകി (vālmīki), വാത്മീകി (vātmīki)