Comparative mythology corpus
batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15228-l15260
batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15228-l15260
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15228-l15260
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: 'INDEX. / HERTFORD: PRINTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS. / BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
/ SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.; lines 15228-15260'
start: '15228'
end: '15260'
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: Bibliographic back matter gives a Hertford printer imprint and advertises
other works by the same author, including inscriptions, Sīgiri, a sketch of Gotama
the Buddha, and projected translations from the Sutta and Vinaya Pitakas.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage contains a printer imprint for Stephen Austin and Sons at Hertford.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage lists works under the heading "By the same author."
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The listed works include titles on Ceylonese inscriptions, Sīgiri or the Lion
Rock near Pulastipura, Buddhism as a sketch of Gotama the Buddha, and planned
translations from the Pāli canon.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
figures: []
roles: []
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 15228-15230
quote_or_summary: '"HERTFORD: PRINTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15231-15246
quote_or_summary: The passage advertises numbered works by the same author, including
inscriptions of Parākrama Bāhu, old Sinhalese inscriptions, Sīgiri or the Lion
Rock, and a work on Buddhism and Gotama the Buddha.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15247-15260
quote_or_summary: The passage names the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
and lists projected translations from the Sutta Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is bibliographic advertising and printer information rather than
narrative or doctrinal mythic content; no motif, symbol, scene, or comparison
claim is supported by the passage.
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 passage-level mythology motifs were extracted because the selected lines are back matter listing publications.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg__l15228-l15260
passage_sha256=fe3c4e6df4972a70bfba36646f0725ea512a52777f88b32a4ee8f47b04e4f84e