vālptīkiḥ [valmīke bhavaḥ aṇ iñ vā] N. of a celebrated sage, and author of the Rāmāyaṇa. [He was a Brāhmaṇa by birth, but being abandoned by his parents in his childhood, he was found by some wild mountaineers who taught him the art of thieving. He soon became an adept in the art, and pursued his business of plundering and killing (where neces- sary) travellers for several years. One day he saw a great sage whom...