adikavi
आदिकवि ādikavi'The first poet'; the title given to Valmiki as the composer of the first poem.
Where this term appears
- What is the Ramayana? Scriptures
The tradition calls that line the first shloka, and it calls Valmiki the adikavi , the first poet.
- The First Poem Treatise
Valmiki becomes the adikavi , the first poet, and the work he makes is the adikavya , the first poem.