batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l160-l199
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l160-l199
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: THE AUTHOR. / TABLE OF CONTENTS. / PART I. / PART II.; lines 160-199
start: '160'
end: '199'
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: A table-of-contents section for Part II, titled “The Birth Stories in India,”
listing subsections on Jātakas in Pāli and related sources, their sculptures,
names, form, conclusions, divisions, number, origin, lessons, and historical value.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
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text: The passage is a table-of-contents section headed “PART II” and titled “The
Birth Stories in India.”
category: object
evidence_refs:
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text: The listed subsections identify Jātaka materials in or derived from several
named corpora, including the Pāli Piṭakas, Cariyā Piṭaka, Jātaka Mālā, and Buddhavaŋsa.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The listed subsections include topics about the form of the Jātakas, introductory
stories, conclusions, verses in the conclusion, divisions of the Jātaka Book,
and the actual number of stories.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The final listed topics concern the origin of the present collection, special
lessons inculcated by the Birth Stories, and their historical value.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures: []
roles: []
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The table of contents presents the Jātaka collection as textually related
to Pāli Buddhist corpora and later Sanskrit literature, but it does not provide
narrative motif evidence in this excerpt.
claim_level: historical_contact
target: Pāli Piṭakas, Cariyā Piṭaka, Jātaka Mālā, Buddhavaŋsa, and post-Buddhistic
Sanskrit literature
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage is only a table of contents; it names relationships and
topics but does not supply narrative episodes, symbols, or motif details.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 160-163
quote_or_summary: Part II is titled “The Birth Stories in India.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 165-173
quote_or_summary: Subsections list Jātakas derived from the Pāli Piṭakas and Jātakas
in the Cariyā Piṭaka, Jātaka Mālā, and Buddhavaŋsa, as well as at the Council
of Vesāli and on ancient sculptures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 181-193
quote_or_summary: Subsections list the form of the Jātakas, introductory stories,
conclusions, concluding verses, divisions of the Jātaka Book, and actual number
of stories.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 195-199
quote_or_summary: Subsections list the origin of the present collection, special
lessons taught by the Birth Stories, and their historical value.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 179-180
quote_or_summary: One subsection names Jātakas in post-Buddhistic Sanskrit literature.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The excerpt is a contents list rather than a narrative passage. Literal bibliographic
and structural observations are clear, but motif extraction is not supported.
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 figures, scenes, symbols, or candidate motifs were extracted from this table-of-contents excerpt.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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