Popular belief and the text
Is the boy Daśaratha killed named Śravaṇa in Vālmīki?
Popular beliefDaśaratha killed Śravaṇa Kumāra
In Vālmīki
Vālmīki tells the story, but the boy is the unnamed son of an ascetic couple. The name Śravaṇa comes from later retellings.
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa sargas 63–64Vālmīki (primary text)
Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.