Rāmāyaṇa untranslated

Rāmāyaṇa. Reference to this Epic Poem does not occur in the Piṭaka or in the early books. Even in the Commentaries reference thereto is rare (e.g., DN­a.i.76; MN­a.i.163, as Sītāharaṇa), and then it is only condemned as “purposeless talk” (niraṭṭhakakathā). Only in the later Chronicles, such as the Cūḷa Vaṁsa (e.g. Cv.lxiv.42), is the work actually mentioned by name. See also Rāma (5).