batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15448-l15471
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
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label: THE HISTORY OF INDIAN LITERATURE. / BY ALBRECHT WEBER. / A SKETCH OF THE
MODERN LANGUAGES OF THE EAST INDIES. / BY ROBERT N. CUST.; lines 15448-15471
start: '15448'
end: '15471'
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.
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summary: A publication notice for Robert N. Cust's A Sketch of the Modern Languages
of the East Indies describes the author's purpose in organizing scattered philological
knowledge, quotes a favorable Saturday Review assessment, and gives second-edition
publication details.
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text: The author published arranged notes originally collected for his own edification.
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise bibliographic summary used.
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type: summary
locator: 15452-15462
quote_or_summary: The author sought to fill a gap by organizing scattered information
on East Indies languages from specialists, serials, and volumes into arranged
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
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quote_or_summary: The Saturday Review is quoted as calling the book a valuable contribution
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
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type: citation
locator: 15470-15471
quote_or_summary: Second corrected edition; post 8vo; pp. xii-116; cloth; price
5s.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise bibliographic summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is a bibliographic notice and review excerpt, not a mythic or
narrative passage. No supported mythological motifs, symbols, or comparison claims
were extracted.
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 available taxonomy references were applied because the passage contains no supported mythic symbols or motif patterns.
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