batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l2903-l2936
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l2903-l2936
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: TABLE IV. / TABLE V. / TABLE VI. / PLACES AT WHICH THE TALES WERE TOLD.;
lines 2903-2936
start: '2903'
end: '2936'
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 tabular passage titled “Places at which the tales were told” reports
counts of places mentioned at the beginning of the Commentary, citing M. Léon
Feer as the person who counted them. The table lists several locations and totals,
then adds Kapilavatthu from a later page range to reach a final total.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a table headed “PLACES AT WHICH THE TALES WERE TOLD.”
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage states that M. Léon Feer counted the number of times each listed
place is mentioned at the commencement of the Commentary.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Jetavana monastery and Sāvatthi are listed together with a displayed group
total of 416.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Veḷmana, Rājagaha, and Laṭṭhivanuyyāna are listed together with a displayed
group total of 55.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Additional listed places include Vesāli, Kosambi, Āḷavī, Kuṇḍāladaha, Kusa,
Magadha, Dakkhiṇāgiri, Migadāya, Mithila, and By the Ganges, followed by a subtotal
of 494.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Kapilavatthu is added from pages 124-128 below, and the final displayed total
becomes 498.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: M. Léon Feer
description: Named as the person who counted how many times each place is mentioned
at the commencement of the Commentary.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: counter of place mentions
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage explicitly says M. Léon Feer counted the occurrences of the listed
places.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: catalogue of tale-telling locations
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage enumerates places associated with the telling or commencement
of the tales and gives occurrence counts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is an editorial or statistical table rather than a narrative episode;
it is better treated as a structural pattern than as a mythic motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 2903-2905
quote_or_summary: "“PLACES AT WHICH THE TALES WERE TOLD.”"
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 identification.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2907-2909
quote_or_summary: The passage says M. Léon Feer counted how often each following
place is mentioned at the commencement of the Commentary.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2911-2912
quote_or_summary: Jetavana monastery and Sāvatthi appear as a grouped entry with
a displayed total of 416.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2914-2916
quote_or_summary: Veḷmana, Rājagaha, and Laṭṭhivanuyyāna appear as a grouped entry
with a displayed total of 55.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2918-2929
quote_or_summary: The table lists Vesāli, Kosambi, Āḷavī, Kuṇḍāladaha, Kusa, Magadha,
Dakkhiṇāgiri, Migadāya, Mithila, and By the Ganges, then gives a subtotal of 494.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2931-2936
quote_or_summary: The table adds Kapilavatthu from pages 124-128 below and displays
a final total of 498.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is a clear editorial table of places and counts. Motif extraction
is limited because the passage is not a narrative mythic episode.
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 symbol refs were assigned; listed places are treated literally as settings rather than symbolic items.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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