Popular belief and the text
Did Ūrmilā sleep for fourteen years?
Popular beliefŪrmilā slept for fourteen years so Lakṣmaṇa could stay awake
In Vālmīki
Not in Vālmīki, where Ūrmilā appears only briefly at her marriage. The story of her long sleep comes from later tradition.
Bāla KāṇḍaVālmīki (primary text)
Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.