
Valmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself.He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e. first verse, which set the base and defined the form to Sanskrit poetry. The Yoga Vasistha is attributed to him. A religious movement called Valmikism is based on Valmiki's teachings as presented in the Ramayana and the Yoga Vasistha. At least by the 1st century AD, Valmiki's reputation as the father of Sanskrit classical poetry seems to have been legendary. Ashvagosha writes in the Buddhacarita, "The voice of Valmiki uttered poetry which the great seer Chyavana could not compose." This particular verse has been speculated to indicate a familial relationship between Valmiki and Chyavana, as implied by the previous and subsequent verses.
Series
Books

Ramáyana IV
Kishkíndha
500

Ramáyana I
Boyhood
1774

Valmikiya Ramayan Hindi Kavyanuwad - Khand - 3 (Yudh Kand)
Valmiki Krut Ramayan Ka Hindi Kavita Mein Laybadh Anuwad
2020

The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 1
1952

Ramayana
2009

Valmiki's Ramayana
The Great Indian Epic
1978

Ramayana
2025

রামায়ণ
2011

The Ramayana and Mahabharata Condensed into English Verse
1910

Ramayana — The Story of Lord Rama
2011

Yoga Vasishta Sara
1973

The Ramayana
1972

Uttara Kanda
500

The Ramayana as Told by Aubrey Menen
1954

Ramáyana V
Súndara
2006