Valmiki
Uttarakāṇḍa (The Last Book)
Traditional attribution
Uttarakāṇḍa (The Last Book)
उत्तरकाण्ड (Uttarakāṇḍa)
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.
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Authorship note
Book of the Rāmāyaṇa ascribed by tradition to Vālmīki. A work of oral composition and centuries-long growth; see the note to the complete work.
Editions and translations
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English
Valmiki
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, Vol. VII: Uttarakāṇḍa
The Conscious LibraryThe Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, Vol. VII: Uttarakāṇḍa
Princeton University Press, 2016
Translation: Robert P. Goldman y Sally J. Sutherland Goldman
ISBN 9780691168845
Sánscrito · संस्कृतम्
Valmiki
उत्तरकाण्ड (texto sánscrito)
The Conscious Libraryउत्तरकाण्ड (texto sánscrito)
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Sources
- Brockington, John. The Sanskrit Epics. Leiden: Brill, 1998 (Handbuch der Orientalistik, 2. Abt., Bd. 12). Capítulos sobre el Rāmāyaṇa: transmisión, recensiones, estratos y datación.
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