the entire Ramayana in the same meter. Valmiki is revered as Adi Kavi (the first poet); the Ramayana is revered as the first kavya (poem).

Role in Ramayana

Valmiki played an important role in Uttarakanda, the last chapter of the epic Ramayana. The Uttarakanda may not have been originally worked by Valmiki. The scholars Robert and Sally Goldman, for example, have pointed out: "Much of the narrative focuses on figures other than Rama and is narrated only indirectly

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