In the invocation of his epic poetry of Ramacharitamanas. Quoted in "A Garden of Deeds: Ramacharitmanas, a Message of Human Ethics", p. 91
“It can be said without reservation that Tulsidas is the greatest to write in the Hindi language. Tulsidas was a Brahmin by birth and was believed to be a reincarnation of the author of the Sanskrit Ramayana, Valmiki.”
Constance Jones & James D. Ryan in Encyclopedia of Hinduism http://books.google.co.in/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Encyclopedia+of+Hinduism+(Encyclopedia+of+World+Religions)&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6cYBU_iiIeuRiQfwgoDQBA&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Tuslidas&f=false, p. 456
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