batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15617-l15693
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15617-l15693
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: BEING A SERIES OF IMPRESSIONS, NOTES, AND ESSAYS. / BY MONIER WILLIAMS, D.C.L.,
/ MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS RELATING TO INDIAN SUBJECTS. / BY BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON,
ESQ., F.R.S.,; lines 15617-15693
start: '15617'
end: '15693'
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 bibliographic advertisement or contents listing for Brian
Houghton Hodgson's Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian Subjects, followed
by an advertisement for The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the Buddha of the Burmese,
with related notices on Neibban and Burmese monks.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
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text: The passage identifies a work titled Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian
Subjects and attributes it to Brian Houghton Hodgson.
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text: Brian Houghton Hodgson is described with official, scholarly, and honorary
affiliations, including former Bengal Civil Service officer and former British
Minister at the Court of Nepal.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage lists contents for two volumes, organized into sections on tribes,
ethnology, vocabularies, routes, law, paper-making, and education in Indian and
Himalayan contexts.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage advertises a work titled The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the Buddha
of the Burmese, with annotations.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage also mentions The Ways to Neibban and a notice on the Phongyies
or Burmese monks.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Brian Houghton Hodgson
description: Named as the author of Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian Subjects
and described with civil service, diplomatic, scholarly, and honorary affiliations.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
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name_or_label: Gaudama, the Buddha of the Burmese
description: Named in the title of an advertised work, The Life or Legend of Gaudama,
the Buddha of the Burmese.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Phongyies or Burmese monks
description: Mentioned as the subject of a notice connected with The Ways to Neibban.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: named author and scholar-official
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage attributes Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian Subjects to
Hodgson and lists his official and scholarly affiliations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: religious figure named in book title
assigned_to:
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basis: Gaudama is named as the Buddha of the Burmese in the advertised title.
evidence_refs:
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- id: role:3
label: religious group mentioned in book notice
assigned_to:
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basis: The Phongyies are identified parenthetically as Burmese monks in the notice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols: []
scenes:
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label: Bibliographic contents and advertisements
summary: The passage presents author information, volume contents, and advertisements
for works on Indian subjects and Burmese Buddhism rather than narrating a mythic
episode.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
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candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
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type: quote
locator: lines 15617-15620
quote_or_summary: '"MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS RELATING TO INDIAN SUBJECTS. / BY BRIAN
HOUGHTON HODGSON"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15621-15627
quote_or_summary: Hodgson is described as formerly of the Bengal Civil Service,
affiliated with learned societies, honored by the Legion of Honour, and formerly
British Minister at the Court of Nepal.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15631-15684
quote_or_summary: The contents list sections for two volumes covering Kocch, Bódó,
Dhimál, Himalayan ethnology, aborigines of several regions, vocabularies, routes,
Nepalese law and police, paper-making, and vernacular education.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 15688-15692
quote_or_summary: '"THE LIFE OR LEGEND OF GAUDAMA, THE BUDDHA OF THE BURMESE. With
Annotations."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 15693
quote_or_summary: '"The Ways to Neibban, and Notice on the Phongyies or Burmese
Monks."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is bibliographic and does not contain a mythic narrative, symbolic
episode, or explicit comparative claim. Empty motif and comparison arrays reflect
absence of extractable motif evidence in 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 taxonomy motif or symbol references were assigned because the passage only lists publications and contents.
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