batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l14690-l15040
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE
BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 14690-15040
start: '14690'
end: '15040'
translation: Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: An index excerpt listing Pāli Buddhist texts, Jātaka titles and numbers,
named figures, places, legendary episodes, ritual and moral topics, supernatural
signs, comparative references, and selected symbols or story motifs from the volume.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is formatted as an index, listing terms with page references and
cross-references rather than narrating a single story.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:2
text: The index lists multiple Piṭaka and sutta titles as quoted or referred to
in the volume.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The index includes many Jātaka titles with numbers, such as Puṇṇa-nadī Jātaka
No. 214, Quails No. 33, Sakuṇa Jātaka No. 36, and Tittha Jātaka No. 25.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The index records the Great Renunciation and associated entries for its garb
and power.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Sakka is indexed as serving the Buddha, placing the Buddha’s hair in a heavenly
dāgaba, having a throne that feels hot, being born as the Bodisat, tempting a
mortal, and giving presents.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The index records supernatural or distinctive bodily signs, including rays
of light streaming from a Buddha, men without shadows being demons, and the thirty-two
bodily signs of a Great Being.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The index includes moral or ritual topics such as a solemn appeal made in
truth, the folly of sacrifices, a shield of virtue, and righteousness as the Bodisat’s
spell.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: obs:8
text: The index refers to Sujātā’s offering to the Buddha and to Sumedha as the
Bodisat in the time of Dīpaŋkara.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The index includes cross-cultural or comparative entries such as Planudes
and Æsop, Sirens in Buddhist stories, Sinbad the Sailor, Slavonic tales, and Solomon’s
Judgment.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The index includes symbolic or story objects such as a seal-ring used as a
pledge and a legend concerning sap of life.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Buddha / Siddhattha / Gotama
description: Indexed as Siddhattha, the Buddha; associated entries include rays
of light, Rāhula as Gotama’s son, Sakka serving the Buddha, the Buddha’s hair
in a heavenly dāgaba, and Sujātā’s offering to the Buddha.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sakka
description: Indexed as a divine figure who serves the Buddha, places the Buddha’s
hair in a dāgaba in heaven, has a throne that feels hot, has former births, is
born as the Bodisat, tempts a mortal, and gives presents.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Rāhu
description: Indexed as a head without a body.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Rāhula
description: Indexed as Gotama’s son.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sujātā
description: Indexed in relation to a legend of her offering to the Buddha.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sumedha
description: Indexed as the Bodisat in the time of Dīpaŋkara.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Supaṇṇas
description: Indexed as winged creatures.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Titans
description: Indexed as warring against the gods.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Gods
description: Indexed as the opposing side in a war with the Titans.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Buddha figure with sacred signs and received offerings
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The index links the Buddha with rays of light, Sujātā’s offering, and Sakka’s
service.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: Divine servant of the Buddha
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Sakka is indexed as serving the Buddha and placing the Buddha’s hair in a
heavenly dāgaba.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: Tempter of a mortal
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The index states that Sakka tempts a mortal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: Disembodied supernatural figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Rāhu is indexed as a head without a body.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: Son of Gotama
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rāhula is indexed as Gotama’s son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: Offering donor
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Sujātā is indexed in a legend of her offering to the Buddha.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: Bodisat in a previous era
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Sumedha is indexed as the Bodisat in the time of Dīpaŋkara.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: Winged creatures
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The entry identifies Supaṇṇas as winged creatures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: Mythic combatants
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: The index states that Titans war against the gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Rājāyatana-tree
literal_form: tree
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: Snakes / Nāga and Mucalinda cross-reference
literal_form: snakes
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: Rays of light from a Buddha
literal_form: rays of light
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Shadowless demons
literal_form: men without shadow
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: Thirty-two bodily signs of a Great Being
literal_form: bodily signs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: Seal-ring as pledge
literal_form: seal-ring
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: Sap of life
literal_form: sap
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: Sakka’s hot throne
literal_form: throne feeling hot
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:9
label: Heavenly dāgaba containing Buddha’s hair
literal_form: dāgaba in heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Great Renunciation index reference
summary: The index points to the Great Renunciation and notes associated topics
of garb and power.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Sakka and the Buddha index references
summary: The index refers to Sakka serving the Buddha and placing the Buddha’s hair
in a dāgaba in heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Sujātā’s offering index reference
summary: The index refers to a legend of Sujātā making an offering to the Buddha.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Titans war against gods index reference
summary: The index records an episode or topic in which Titans war against the gods.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Great renunciation as departure from ordinary life
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The index explicitly lists the Great Renunciation, along with garb of renunciation
and power of renunciation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is an index entry and does not narrate the renunciation episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine assistance and testing by Sakka
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Sakka is indexed as serving the Buddha and also tempting a mortal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The index gives roles and page references but no story context; the taxonomy
match is tentative.
- id: motif:3
label: Sacrifice criticized as folly
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The index includes the entry 'Sacrifices, folly of'.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not give the argument or narrative in which sacrifice
is criticized.
- id: motif:4
label: Truth-act or solemn appeal by truth
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The index defines Saccakiriyā as a solemn appeal made in truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: low
cautions: The taxonomy link to wisdom is broad; the passage provides no episode
of the truth-act being performed.
- id: motif:5
label: Sacred or supernatural bodily signs of a Great Being
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
basis: The index records rays of light from a Buddha and the thirty-two bodily signs
of a Great Being.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: low
cautions: The passage gives indexed topics only; it does not specify a birth narrative
in this excerpt.
- id: motif:6
label: Serpent-associated Buddhist story references
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
basis: The index directs readers from snakes to Nāga and Mucalinda.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: low
cautions: Only a cross-reference appears in this passage; no serpent episode is
described.
- id: motif:7
label: Relic placed in heaven
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The index states that Sakka places the Buddha’s hair in a dāgaba in heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:13
confidence: low
cautions: The passage does not describe the relic transfer in narrative detail;
the ascent classification is inferred from the heavenly location.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The index signals a comparison or reference involving Solomon’s Judgment
within the volume.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Solomon’s Judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The passage provides only an index heading and page references, with
no details of the Buddhist story or the comparison.
- id: claim:2
claim: The index signals that Siren-like material is discussed in relation to Buddhist
stories.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Sirens in Buddhist stories
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The passage gives only the index phrase and does not describe the Siren-like
episode or its function.
- id: claim:3
claim: The index shows that the volume contains broad comparative references to
Æsop, Sinbad, Slavonic tales, and other non-Buddhist literary materials.
claim_level: same_function
target: Comparative literary references in the index
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The passage does not state a specific shared motif for these references;
it only lists them as indexed items.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14690-14708
quote_or_summary: The passage begins with a heading for Piṭakas quoted or referred
to and lists works such as Apadānaŋ, Pabbajjā Sutta, Dhammapada, Jātaka, Sutta
Nipāta, and others.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 14720-15040
quote_or_summary: The index lists numerous Jātaka titles and numbers, including
Puṇṇa-nadī Jātaka No. 214, Quails No. 33, Sakuṇa Jātaka No. 36, Sālaka Jātaka
No. 249, and Tittha Jātaka No. 25.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 14742-14748
quote_or_summary: "“Rays of light stream from a Buddha” and “Renunciation, the Great...
garb of... power of”."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 14778-14788
quote_or_summary: The Sakka entry says he serves the Buddha, places the Buddha’s
hair in a dāgaba in heaven, has a throne that feels hot, is born as the Bodisat,
tempts a mortal, and gives presents.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 14762-14768 and 14835-14836
quote_or_summary: "“Saccakiriyā, solemn appeal made in truth”; “Sacrifices, folly
of”; “Sap of life, curious legend concerning”."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 14866-14877
quote_or_summary: "“Shadow, men without, are demons”; “Shield of virtue”; “Signs,
the thirty-two bodily, of a Great Being”."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 14710-14917
quote_or_summary: The index includes comparative or literary entries for Planudes
as author of Æsop, Shakespeare, Sinbad the Sailor, Sirens in Buddhist stories,
Slavonic tales, and Solomon’s Judgment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 14953-14961
quote_or_summary: The index records Sujātā’s legend of offering to the Buddha and
Sumedha as the Bodisat in the time of Dīpaŋkara.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 14735-14976
quote_or_summary: The index includes Rājāyatana-tree, a cross-reference from Snakes
to Nāga and Mucalinda, and Supaṇṇas identified as winged creatures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: lines 14851-14852
quote_or_summary: "“Seal-ring, as pledge”."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 14923-14925 and 14982-14984
quote_or_summary: The index includes an entry for how righteousness was the Bodisat’s
spell and a spring entry on beauties of spring.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 14728-14733 and 14745-14746
quote_or_summary: The index identifies Rāhu as a head without a body, Rāhula as
Gotama’s son, and Siddhattha as a name of the Buddha.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 15021-15039
quote_or_summary: The index lists Tāvatiŋsa heaven and states that Titans war against
the gods.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: low
notes: The source excerpt is an index rather than a narrative passage. Literal index
entries are extractable with moderate confidence, but motif and comparison identification
is limited because the passage provides headings and page references without story
context.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No figures, scenes, or motifs beyond those directly indicated by the supplied index excerpt were added. Taxonomy references were used only where the indexed wording supported a cautious link.
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