batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15581-l15615

batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15581-l15615

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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15581-l15615
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
  label: METRICAL TRANSLATIONS FROM SANSKRIT WRITERS. / MODERN INDIA AND THE INDIANS,
    / BEING A SERIES OF IMPRESSIONS, NOTES, AND ESSAYS. / BY MONIER WILLIAMS, D.C.L.,;
    lines 15581-15615
  start: '15581'
  end: '15615'
  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-style notice for Monier Williams's Modern India
    and the Indians, giving the title, author credentials, edition details, a quoted
    review from the Times, and publication format and price.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage identifies the work as Modern India and the Indians, described
    as a series of impressions, notes, and essays.
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  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Monier Williams is named as the author and is listed with academic and society
    affiliations.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: The described edition is a third edition, revised and enlarged, with illustrations
    and a map.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: The notice states that the author used criticisms of earlier editions and
    added more than a hundred pages of new material.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:5
  text: A quoted Times review praises the work for presenting manners, customs, creeds,
    and needs of Indian subjects including Parsee, Hindu, Buddhist, and Moslem communities.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:6
  text: The publication is described as two post-octavo volumes in cloth, with page
    counts and a price of 28 shillings.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Monier Williams
  description: Named author of Modern India and the Indians, with listed academic
    honors and affiliations.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Times
  description: Named source of the quoted review excerpt.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: author
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage names Monier Williams after the title and before his credentials.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: review source
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The quoted evaluative passage is attributed to the Times.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 15581-15591
  quote_or_summary: Title and subtitle are given for Modern India and the Indians;
    Monier Williams is named as author with honors and affiliations.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; brief summary used.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 15593-15603
  quote_or_summary: The notice describes a revised and augmented third edition with
    illustrations and a map, incorporating criticisms and adding more than a hundred
    pages, including new sections.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; brief summary used.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 15605-15613
  quote_or_summary: A Times review praises the volume as thoughtful and useful for
    understanding manners, customs, creeds, and necessities of Indian communities.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; brief summary used.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 15615
  quote_or_summary: The work is advertised as two post-octavo cloth volumes with page
    counts and price.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; brief summary used.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: high
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: The passage is bibliographic and promotional rather than narrative or mythic;
    no motif candidates or comparison claims are supported by the supplied text.
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 symbols from the provided taxonomy and no mythological motifs are evidenced in this passage.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg__l15581-l15615
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