[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.2468 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2468 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2468 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2468](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2468) 3) \*Instigation to compose Rāmāyaṇa.\* It was Brahmā who instigated Vālmīki to compose the Rāmāyaṇa. - [Previous: c4.2467](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2467) - [Next: c4.2469](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2469) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2468](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2468) · Pramāṇa