Valmiki, according to Tamil, wrote three works,
Ramayana in Sanskrit,
Vanmikiipathinaaru, Sixteen verses of Valmiki, and
a Poem in Puranaanooru in Tamil.
He also participated in the Tamil Sangam.
He commanded so much respect for his scholarship in Tamil , that the earliest Tamil Grammar work in Tamil, Tholkaapiyam, quotes his works, along with that of Lord Shiva as Primary Tamil Education.
Tamil was classified into Primary,Intermediary and Secondary.![]()
