Character of the Valmiki Ramayana

Urmila

ऊर्मिला

Lakshmana's wife, left behind at exile, whose fourteen-year vigil became poetry in later tradition.

Key episodes

Questions to explore

  • Why is Urmila called the silent sacrifice of the Ramayana?
  • What did she give up that the epic rarely names?

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