Valmiki ( / v ɑː l ˈ m iː k i / ; [1] Sanskrit : वाल्मीकि Vālmīki [ʋɑːlmiːki] ) [A] is celebrated as the harbinger - poet in Sanskrit literature . [4] The epic Ramayana , dated variously from the 5th century BCE [5] [6] to first century BCE, [7] is attributed to him, based on the attribution in the text itself. [8] He is revered as Ādi Kavi , the first poet, author of Ramayana , the first epic poem. The Ramayana , originally written by Valmiki, consists of 24,000 shlokas and seven cantos (kaṇḍas). [9] The Ramayana is composed of about 480,002 words, being a quarter of the length of the full text of the Mahabharata or about four times the length of the Iliad . The Ramayana tells the story of a prince, Rama of the city of Ayodhya in the Kingdom of Kosala , whose wife ...
Mohini ( Sanskrit : मोहिनी, Mohinī ) is a Hindu goddess . She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu . She is portrayed as a femme fatale , an enchantress, who maddens lovers, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into the Hindu mythology in the narrative epic of the Mahabharata . Here, she appears as a form of Vishnu, acquires the pot of Amrita (an elixir of immortality) from the thieving asuras (demons), and gives it back to the devas (gods), helping them retain their immortality. Many different legends tell of her various exploits and marriages, including union with the god Shiva . These tales relate, among other things, the birth of the god Shasta and the destruction of Bhasmasura , the ash-demon. Mohini's main modus operandi is to trick or beguile those she encounters. She is worship...