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Uttarakāṇḍa (The Last Book)

Valmiki

A late stratum. Agastya tells of Rāvaṇa's origins and Hanumān's youth; Rāma repudiates Sītā because of gossip; she gives birth to Kuśa and Lava in Vālmīki's hermitage, where he teaches them the poem; at the horse sacrifice the boys sing it before their father; Vālmīki swears to Sītā's innocence and she disappears into the earth. It includes the Śambūka episode and ends with Rāma's ascent to heaven.