Book Bearings
Cover of Ramayana, a Holy Bible of India by Valmiki

Ramayana, a Holy Bible of India

Valmiki

  • 399 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1823
  • 110 editions
  • Free to read
Read free hereBuy on Bookshop.orgView on Open Library

Bookshop.org links may earn us a commission. It supports independent bookstores and costs you nothing.

1 About this book

Open Library doesn't have a description of this book yet.

Good for readers who want: a classic, poetry, mythology, and a book they can read free online.

  • Asian
  • Classics
  • Mythology
  • Indic Mythology
  • Prayer-books and devotions
  • Poetry
  • Illustrations
  • Ancient, Classical & Medieval

2 Read it free, right here

A free scan from the Internet Archive opens right here on the page, with no sign-up.

Read it on the Internet Archive

3 About Valmiki

 

Valmiki (; Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, romanized: Vālmīki, lit. 'from an anthill',) was a legendary poet and Hindu maharishi (sage) who is celebrated as the traditional author of the smriti epic Ramayana, one of Hinduism's two Itihasas, based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as Ādi Kavi (Sanskrit: आदिकवि), the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

4 Similar books

Find a book that fits your moment