Questions tagged [valmiki]
Valmiki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि Vālmīki) is the harbinger-poet and author of epic Ramayana.
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Was Sri Hanuman a married person? [duplicate]
There is a prevalent story about the marital status of Sri Hanuman that He was married to Suvarchala, the daughter of the Sun. However, this story does not find place in Srimad Ramayana, which is an ...
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Did Dasaratha think of performing Putrakamesthi apart from Aswamedha Yagna that itself could give sons?
Any person, who reads Srimad Ramayana casually, and who views films and TV serials produced and developed by persons with half-baked knowledge,
will say Yes the putra-kaam-eshthi yagna was performed ...
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Where to find the earliest unabridged version of the Valmiki Ramayana?
Where to find the earliest unabridged version (Not the abridged critical version) of the Valmiki Ramayana with Sanskrit verses?
Preferably with translations into Hindi or English and also preferably ...
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Why Lord Ram refuses to be supreme god..?
आत्मानं मानुषं मन्ये रामं दशरथात्मजम् ||
सोऽहं यस्य यतश्चाहं भगवंस्तद्ब्रवीतु मे | (Valmiki Ramayan Yudh Kand chapter 117 verse 11)
"I think of myself to be a human being, by name Rama, the son ...
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Where can I find a searchable text of Valmiki Ramayana online?
I want to be able to search across the entire Valmiki Ramayana for certain words or phrases. The IIT Kanpur webpage has divided the text across sargas which you have to click to different pages to ...
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What is mentioned in Valmiki's Ramayan regarding Hanuman's Brahmacharya?
As far as I remember it isn't mentioned anywhere in Valmiki's Ramayan. In certain South East Asian texts (as I'm told) Hanuman isn't shown as a Brahmachari.
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what is the longest an smallest kand in valmiki ramayana?
According to Valmiki Ramayana, there are 7 kands. what is the largest and smallest kand? and what about sargas?
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Why did Maharishi Valmiki write Anand Ramayan?
I just found out that Anand Ramayan is attributed to Maharishi Valmiki. So I was wondering as to why would he write another Ramayan apart from Valmiki Ramayan?
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The time period Rama and Sita lives in Ayodhya after returning from Vanavasa and other Ramayana details
This sick post in Twitter makes me angry. It says Rama and Seetha lived in Ayodhya for 12 years and then was in Vanvas for 13 years together, so it is 25 years and Seetha never conceived, but soon ...
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Why did Shri Ram kill Shambhuk? [duplicate]
I was recently reading the Uttara Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana and came across Chapter 76.
Perhaps the most controversial question of all times.
Chapter 76:
Hearing the words of Rama of imperishable ...
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What to make of this Shloka in Valmiki Ramayana where it talks of flying mountains?
Valmiki Ramayana Sundara Kanda Shloka 1.123 ( Complete - 5.1.123 Valmiki Ramayana) talks of flying mountains in KritaYuga.
पूर्वं कृतयुगे तात पर्वताः पक्षिणोऽभवन्।
ते हि जग्मुर्दिशः सर्वा गरुडानिलवेगि...
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Was Lord Rama greenish in skin color?
Is there any scriptural reference which says that skin tone of Lord Rama is green in color ? OR is Rama somewhere depicted in green color ?
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Is Ayodhya's location true?
Valmiki Ramayana, Balakanda, ChaturVimsha sarga, verses 8-9:
Mansarovar is on Mt.Kailasa, and from Manasa sarovar flows a river close to Ayodhyapuri. Because this has originated from a lake, saraH,...
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Is ramayana a history or an entertainment? [duplicate]
I believe in God. I fully support scriptures & their ideals. I came across many hindus (including educated persons) & saw that most of hindus believe in Ramayana. Please know the views of some ...
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Mentions of Valmiki Samhita
Mentions of Valmiki Samhita in scripture and by Acharyas in their works.
Valmiki Samhita is a text which falls under Panchratric text.
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Were both Valmiki Ramamyana and Vyasa's Mahabharata contemporaneous accounts?
I think Valmiki appears in Ramayana and Vyasa in Mahabharata.
Is it true that they recorded what they saw directly and were not retelling what they had heard?
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Should Uttar kand be considered an interpolation to Valmiki Ramayan or not?
I don't know Sanskrit so read english translation of Valmiki Ramayan. The way Yuddha Kand ends make it seem like epic ends here only, yet another kand exists.
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The story of Sage Valmiki (Transformation)
Valmiki wiki
What are the reasons for the transformation to become Sage Valmiki and write the Holy Ramayana?
Do you attribute to Sage Valmiki's forefathers or ancestors good deeds?
Note: In one of the ...
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Anyone from Tamilnadu who has read Kamba Ramayana and can refute this guy's arguments? [closed]
I have studied Valmiki Ramayana but not Kamba ramayana. I can also see he is at fault in a few places. but I like to hear from others. I am requesting answer from those who accept Rama as God, not as ...
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Veda vyasa mahabaratham [duplicate]
Where will I get mahabarat books written by maharishi veda vyasa in India? Also I wanted to get srimad Bhagavadam by vyasa and ramayan written by valmiki. When I search for such books I don't get the ...
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Is it true that Ravana was invited when Rama established a Shiva Lingam in Rameshwaram? [duplicate]
I keep hearing a story which follows as
Rama needed a bridge to cross the ocean to reach Lanka, in order to
defeat Ravana.
He decided to conduct a Yagna to worship Lord Shiva at Rameshwaram.
As he ...
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How Valmiki existed 5000 BCE and 500 BCE? [duplicate]
It is widely accepted that
Lord Rama existed 5000 BCE
Sage Valmiki wrote Ramayana epic in 500 BCE
Valmiki taught Lav and Kush(twin sons of Lord Rama)
The problem is pretty clear. Is it that ...
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Was Valmiki a Shudra by birth? [duplicate]
Some people are saying by birth he was a Shudra, but others say he was a Brahmin by birth - which one is correct?
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Do sources state that in Rama's kingdom of Kosala a wife who stayed in a different man's house could not remain married to her husband?
In the Valmiki Ramayana, Rama decides to banish Sita because the citizens of his kingdom are unhappy about her remaining with him after she spent so much time imprisoned by Ravana (the citizens ...
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Why is Maharishi Valmiki incarnated as Shri Tulsidas in Kali Yuga?
Why is Maharishi Valmiki incarnated as Shri Tulsidas in Kali Yuga? What was the meain reason behind that?
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Was Diwali mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana? [duplicate]
In this news clip from WION, the anchor is saying that when Lord Rama came back to Ayodhya, the residents of Ayodhya decorated their houses with lamps. That is how the festival of Diwali (Deepavali) ...
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Between Daśaratha-Jātaka and Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa which is older?
One of the fundamental differences between the Buddhist Daśaratha-Jātaka and the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa is that Sītā is portrayed as Rāma's half-sister in the Jātaka:
Once upon a time, at Benares, a ...
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