batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15473-l15494

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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15473-l15494
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
  label: BY ALBRECHT WEBER. / A SKETCH OF THE MODERN LANGUAGES OF THE EAST INDIES.
    / BY ROBERT N. CUST. / THE BIRTH OF THE WAR-GOD.; lines 15473-15494
  start: '15473'
  end: '15494'
  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: |-
    THE BIRTH OF THE WAR-GOD.

    A Poem. BY KALIDASA.
  summary: The passage is a bibliographic advertisement for Ralph T. H. Griffith's
    English verse translation of Kalidasa's Sanskrit poem Kumárasambhava, titled The
    Birth of the War-God, followed by promotional notices and another advertised reference
    work on Hindu mythology and related subjects.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage presents The Birth of the War-God as a poem by Kalidasa.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage states that Ralph T. H. Griffith translated the work from Sanskrit
    into English verse.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The passage identifies Kumárasambhava as a well-known Sanskrit poem in a promotional
    notice.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: The passage advertises a Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion,
    Geography, History, and Literature.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Kalidasa
  description: Named as the author of the poem The Birth of the War-God.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Ralph T. H. Griffith
  description: Named as the translator of the Sanskrit poem into English verse.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: War-God
  description: Named only as the title subject in The Birth of the War-God.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: poet or author
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage says the poem is by Kalidasa.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: translator
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The passage says the work was translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:3
  label: title subject
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The phrase War-God appears in the title of the advertised poem.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: birth of a divine or warlike figure
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_birth
  basis: The advertised poem's title is The Birth of the War-God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: low
  cautions: The passage is bibliographic and promotional rather than narrative; it
    gives no actual birth episode, divine genealogy, or mythic action.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: 15473-15477
  quote_or_summary: "“THE BIRTH OF THE WAR-GOD. A Poem. BY KALIDASA.”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: 15479-15480
  quote_or_summary: The passage states that Ralph T. H. Griffith translated the poem
    from Sanskrit into English verse.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: 15482-15490
  quote_or_summary: Promotional notices describe Griffith's rendering of the Kumárasambhava
    and identify it as a well-known Sanskrit poem.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
  type: quote
  locator: 15493-15494
  quote_or_summary: "“A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF HINDU MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION, GEOGRAPHY,
    HISTORY, AND LITERATURE.”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: low
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: The passage is an advertisement, so bibliographic extraction is reliable,
    but motif extraction is limited to the title phrase and should be reviewed.
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 narrative scene, symbol, or comparative claim is present in the provided passage.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg__l15473-l15494
  passage_sha256=bfa8a4aafbe9d822d04749883480225edc2f2de40729344d5bd03fa16d105f31