batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l4293-l4363
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4293-4363
start: '4293'
end: '4363'
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 recounts the age of Dīpankara Buddha, including the narrator’s
former existence as an ascetic with supernatural faculties, mass conversions,
Dīpankara’s city, family, disciples, Bodhi-tree, height, long life, salvific activity,
death, and the impermanence of his glory. It then introduces the succeeding Buddha
Koṇḍañña and describes the Bodhisatta’s birth as the universal monarch Vijitāvin,
his offering to the Buddha and priesthood, the prediction of his future Buddhahood,
his renunciation, monastic training, supernatural accomplishments, rebirth in
the Brahma heavens, and Koṇḍañña’s biographical details.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker states that at that time he was an ascetic with matted hair, practiced
austere penances, moved through the air, and possessed five supernatural faculties.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage reports numerous conversions during Dīpankara Buddha’s time and
says his religion became widely spread, prosperous, and flourishing.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Four hundred thousand saints with six faculties and miraculous powers are
described as attending Dīpankara.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Dīpankara’s city, father, mother, chief disciples, servitor, chief female
disciples, and Bodhi-tree are named.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Dīpankara is said to be eighty cubits high and is compared in appearance to
a deodar pine and a noble sal-tree in bloom.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Dīpankara is said to have lived for one hundred thousand years, brought many
people to salvation, died with his disciples, and left behind power and glory
that are described as wholly gone.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: After Dīpankara, the Buddha named Koṇḍañña appears after the lapse of one
asankheyya and has three assemblies of saints.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The Bodhisatta is said to have been born as a universal monarch named Vijitāvin
and to have kept open house to a vast priesthood with the Buddha at their head.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Koṇḍañña predicts of the Bodhisatta, “He will become a Buddha,” and preaches
the Law.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: After hearing the preaching, the Bodhisatta gives up his kingdom, becomes
a Buddhist monk, masters the three Treasuries, obtains six supernatural faculties,
practices ecstatic meditation, and is reborn in the Brahma heavens.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Koṇḍañña’s city, parents, chief disciples, servitor, chief female disciples,
Bodhi-tree, body height, and lifespan are named or quantified.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Speaker as former ascetic
description: The speaker identifies himself as an ascetic wearing matted hair, practicing
austerities, moving through the air, and possessing five supernatural faculties.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Dīpankara Buddha
description: A Buddha whose religion spreads widely; he is attended by saints, has
named family members and disciples, a Bodhi-tree called Pipphali, an eighty-cubit
body, a lifespan of one hundred thousand years, and dies with his disciples.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Saints attending Dīpankara
description: Four hundred thousand saints possessing six faculties and miraculous
powers attend upon Dīpankara.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Koṇḍañña Buddha
description: The Buddha appearing after Dīpankara; he has three assemblies of saints,
predicts the Bodhisatta’s future Buddhahood, preaches the Law, and has named family
members, disciples, a Bodhi-tree, body height, and lifespan.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bodhisatta as Vijitāvin
description: The Bodhisatta is born as a universal monarch named Vijitāvin, supports
the priesthood, receives a prediction of future Buddhahood, renounces his kingdom,
becomes a monk, gains accomplishments, and is reborn in the Brahma heavens.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Named relatives and disciples of Dīpankara
description: Sumedha and Sumedhā are named as Dīpankara’s parents; Sumangala and
Tissa as chief disciples; Sāgata as servitor; Nandā and Sunandā as chief female
disciples.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Named relatives and disciples of Koṇḍañña
description: Sunanda and Sujātā are named as Koṇḍañña’s parents; Bhadda and Subhadda
as chief disciples; Anuruddha as servitor; Tissā and Upatissā as chief female
disciples.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Ascetic with supernatural faculties
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker says he wore matted hair, practiced austerities, moved through
the air, and had five supernatural faculties.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: Buddha or Teacher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: Dīpankara and Koṇḍañña are both identified as Buddhas or Teachers in the
passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: Attending saints
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The saints are described as ever attending upon Dīpankara.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: Bodhisatta predicted to become a Buddha
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Koṇḍañña predicts of the Bodhisatta that he will become a Buddha.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: Universal monarch
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Bodhisatta is said to have been born as a universal monarch named Vijitāvin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: Renunciant monk and accomplished practitioner
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: After hearing the preaching, he gives up his kingdom, becomes a Buddhist
monk, masters the three Treasuries, obtains six faculties, practices meditation,
and is reborn in the Brahma heavens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: Prophetic teacher
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Koṇḍañña predicts the Bodhisatta’s future Buddhahood and preaches the Law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: Relatives and disciples in Buddha biography
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The passage lists parents, disciples, servitors, and female disciples for
both Buddhas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Pipphali Bodhi-tree
literal_form: The Bodhi-tree of Dīpankara Buddha is called the Pipphali.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: Sālakalyāṇi Bodhi-tree
literal_form: The Bodhi-tree of Koṇḍañña Buddha is the Sālakalyāṇi.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: Tree imagery for bodily splendor
literal_form: Dīpankara is compared to a deodar pine and a noble sal-tree in full
bloom.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Fire imagery for salvific brilliance
literal_form: Dīpankara is described as having flamed like a mass of fire before
dying with his disciples.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Brahma heavens
literal_form: The Bodhisatta is reborn in the Brahma heavens after renunciation
and meditative practice.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Former ascetic in the age of Dīpankara
summary: The speaker identifies a former existence as an ascetic with matted hair,
austerities, aerial movement, and supernatural faculties.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Spread of Dīpankara’s religion
summary: Conversions occur in great numbers, Dīpankara’s pure religion becomes widely
known, and saints with miraculous powers attend him.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Biographical attributes and passing of Dīpankara
summary: The passage lists Dīpankara’s city, family, disciples, Bodhi-tree, height,
life span, salvific work, death with his disciples, and the disappearance of his
glory.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Succession of Koṇḍañña after Dīpankara
summary: Koṇḍañña appears after Dīpankara following one asankheyya and has three
large assemblies of saints.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Vijitāvin’s offering, prediction, renunciation, and heavenly rebirth
summary: The Bodhisatta as the universal monarch Vijitāvin offers support to the
priesthood, receives Koṇḍañña’s prediction of Buddhahood, hears the Law, renounces
his kingdom, becomes a monk, attains learning and faculties, practices meditation,
and is reborn in the Brahma heavens.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Biographical attributes of Koṇḍañña
summary: The passage lists Koṇḍañña’s city, parents, chief disciples, servitor,
chief female disciples, Bodhi-tree, body height, and life span.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Prophecy of future Buddhahood followed by renunciation
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- initiation
- wisdom
basis: The Bodhisatta receives the prediction that he will become a Buddha, hears
the preaching, gives up his kingdom, becomes a monk, masters the three Treasuries,
gains faculties, and practices meditation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The broader motif-family labels are approximate; the passage itself gives
a Buddhist doctrinal sequence rather than an abstract initiation pattern.
- id: motif:2
label: Sacred Bodhi-tree associated with each Buddha
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_tree_axis
basis: Both Dīpankara and Koṇḍañña are assigned named Bodhi-trees in their biographical
descriptions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names sacred trees but does not explicitly describe an axis
mundi or world-center function.
- id: motif:3
label: Supernatural ascent and heavenly rebirth
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The former ascetic moves through the air, and the Bodhisatta is reborn in
the Brahma heavens after monastic practice and meditation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: Aerial movement and heavenly rebirth are both present, but the passage
does not narrate a single continuous ascent journey.
- id: motif:4
label: Impermanence of glory after a great teacher’s death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After Dīpankara’s salvific activity and death with his disciples, the passage
states that his power and glory are wholly gone and asks whether all existing
things are vanity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference closely matches this doctrinal impermanence
motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Within the passage, Dīpankara and Koṇḍañña are presented through a comparable
Buddha-biographical template that includes city, parents, disciples, female disciples,
Bodhi-tree, bodily height, and lifespan.
claim_level: same_function
target: Internal Buddha-biographical catalog pattern in this passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is an internal structural comparison only; it does not establish
historical contact, inheritance beyond the passage, or comparison with another
text.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4293-4296; verse 210
quote_or_summary: The speaker says he was an ascetic with matted hair, austere penances,
aerial movement, and five supernatural faculties.
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:2
type: summary
locator: lines 4298-4314; verses 211-215
quote_or_summary: Great numbers are converted; Dīpankara’s religion spreads widely;
four hundred thousand saints with six faculties and miraculous powers attend him;
the Buddha’s word shines among men and angels.
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 4316-4328; verses 216-219
quote_or_summary: Dīpankara’s city is Rammavatī; his parents, disciples, servitor,
female disciples, and Pipphali Bodhi-tree are named; he is eighty cubits high
and compared to a deodar pine or sal-tree in bloom.
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: quote
locator: lines 4330-4339; verses 220-222
quote_or_summary: Dīpankara lives a hundred thousand years, saves multitudes, “flamed
like a mass of fire,” dies with his disciples, and the text says his power and
glory are “wholly gone.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 4341-4347; verse 223 and following prose
quote_or_summary: After Dīpankara, the leader Koṇḍañña appears after one asankheyya
and has three assemblies of saints with vast numbers.
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: quote
locator: lines 4347-4358; following prose
quote_or_summary: The Bodhisatta is born as the universal monarch Vijitāvin, gives
offerings to the priesthood, receives the prediction “He will become a Buddha,”
hears the Law, gives up his kingdom, becomes a monk, gains faculties, practices
meditation, and is reborn in the Brahma heavens.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 4358-4363; following prose
quote_or_summary: Koṇḍañña’s city is Rammavatī; his father, mother, chief disciples,
servitor, chief female disciples, Sālakalyāṇi Bodhi-tree, eighty-eight-cubit body,
and one-hundred-thousand-year life are specified.
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 extraction relies directly on the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy assignments
are cautious where the passage gives Buddhist doctrinal or catalog details rather
than explicit cross-cultural motif language.
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 external sources or unprovided taxonomy identifiers were used.
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