Val (b) miki ( Skt. वाल्मीकि , vālmīki IAST - “[came out] anthill”, given name at birth - Ratnakara ) - singer and poet, author (or handler) of the greatest epic of ancient India “ Ramayana ”, standing in one row with the Mahabharata (authored by the sage Vyasa ), he lived in the 5th-4th centuries. BC e. in India .
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According to legends and legends, he initially led the way of life of a hunter and a robber, feeding with his family robbery incomes until the meeting of the seven wise men ( rishis ) who explained to him the ephemeral nature of human life and humanitarian values. Pleased with the new knowledge, on the advice of the sages he began to repeat the name " Rama ", in this state he spent several years. During this time, ants formed an anthill around it. He woke up at the call of the returning Rishis, and upon awakening received the name Valmiki (Skt. "Anthill"). Having become a sage, he found crowds of disciples following him. Once he met the sage Narada , who told him the story of Rama and the events in Lanka .
The size by which Valmiki wrote Ramayana was invented by him while observing two birds, when Valmiki unleashed an angry poetic curse on a hunter who shot a current male.
The Valmiki met the exiled Sita in the forest and gave her refuge in his ashram. When Sita gave birth to her sons, the Valmiki taught them the Ramayana .
Valmiki is also considered the compiler of Yoga Vasishtha , one of the four Itihasas , the outstanding philosophical text of Advaita Vedanta and Hinduism in general.
Having lived to a very old age, he went into the mountains and, admiring the sunset, froze in one perfect knowledge. His body was eaten by ants, once again confirming the semantics of his name.
In honor of Valmiki named a crater on Mercury .