batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15289-l15359
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15289-l15359
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: CLARENDON PRESS / ESSAYS ON THE SACRED LANGUAGE, WRITINGS, AND RELIGION OF
THE PARSIS. / BY MARTIN HAUG, PH.D., / EDITED BY DR. E. W. WEST.; lines 15289-15359
start: '15289'
end: '15359'
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: The passage is a publisher's notice for Martin Haug's Essays on the Sacred
Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsis, edited by E. W. West. It describes
the contents of the essays, the author's unrealized plan to expand them, changes
made for the second edition, added translations and notes, and publication details.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage presents the title Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and
Religion of the Parsis.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Martin Haug is named as the author of the essays.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Dr. E. W. West is named as the editor.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The essays are listed as covering research history, languages of the Parsi
scriptures, the Zend-Avesta, and the origin and development of the Zoroastrian
religion.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The passage states that the author intended to expand the essays into a comprehensive
work on the Zoroastrian religion, but the plan was prevented by his death.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The passage describes additions and alterations made for a second edition
in light of later Zoroastrian studies.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The passage states that posthumous papers discovered by the editor at Munich
enhanced the second edition.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: 'The passage gives publication format, page count, and price: post octavo
cloth, viii plus 176 pages, priced at 7s. 6d.'
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Martin Haug
description: Named author of the essays and former academic and Sanskrit professor.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Dr. E. W. West
description: Named editor of the work and discoverer of posthumous papers at Munich.
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- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: author
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that the essays are by Martin Haug and discusses his authorial
intentions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: editor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage states that the work was edited by Dr. E. W. West and that the
editor discovered posthumous papers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Publisher's notice describing a scholarly volume
summary: The passage identifies the title, author, editor, subject divisions, editorial
changes, additions, and publication details of a scholarly book on Parsi scriptures
and Zoroastrian religion.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 15289-15302
quote_or_summary: The opening identifies the work as Essays on the Sacred Language,
Writings, and Religion of the Parsis, by Martin Haug, edited by Dr. E. W. West,
and lists Haug's credentials.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 15304-15313
quote_or_summary: 'The notice lists four sections: history of research into Parsi
writings and religion, languages of Parsi scriptures, the Zend-Avesta, and the
origin and development of Zoroastrian religion.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 15315-15324
quote_or_summary: The author planned to expand the essays into a comprehensive work
on Zoroastrian religion, but the plan was ultimately prevented by his death.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 15325-15349
quote_or_summary: The notice describes second-edition changes, including extensions
to the first essay, added information on Pahlavi, additions to the third essay,
and appended translations and notes on Zoroastrian ceremonies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 15350-15357
quote_or_summary: The second edition is said to be enhanced by posthumous papers
discovered by Dr. E. West at Munich, including further translations from Zend
and Pahlavi and notes on Parsi ceremonies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: '15359'
quote_or_summary: 'The final line gives the publication format and price: post octavo
cloth, viii plus 176 pages, 7s. 6d.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is bibliographic and promotional rather than mythic or narrative.
No motif or symbol candidates are extracted because the text does not present
mythological action, imagery, or comparison claims.
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 taxonomy motif or symbol references were applied; available refs are not supported by this passage.
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