batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l4609-l4690
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passage_locator:
label: TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4609-4690
start: '4609'
end: '4690'
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 successive past Buddhas and former births of the Bodisat.
In each main episode the Bodisat, in a different form or social status, performs
devotion or gives offerings to a Buddha and the monastic Order, and receives a
prophecy of future Buddhahood. The passage also lists assemblies, cities, relatives,
disciples, Bo-trees, bodily heights, and lifespans for the Buddhas Paduma, Nārada,
Padumuttara, and Sumedha.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Paduma is described as a Teacher with three assemblies of saints, and as living
in a great grove in an uninhabited forest.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Bodisat is born as a lion, sees Paduma in ecstatic trance, makes obeisance,
walks around him reverently, roars three times, and attends him for seven days
without seeking prey.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: After Paduma arouses himself from trance, monks draw near, the lion puts faith
in the Order, and Paduma prophesies that the lion will hereafter be a Buddha.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Under Nārada, the Bodisat has taken vows as a sage, acquired five kinds of
Wisdom and eight sublime Acquisitions, gives a donation to the Order headed by
the Buddha, and offers red sandal wood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Nārada prophesies to the Bodisat that he will hereafter be a Buddha.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Under Padumuttara, the Bodisat is born as the Mahratta named Jaṭila and gives
robes to the Order headed by the Buddha; Padumuttara announces that he will hereafter
be a Buddha.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: In Padumuttara's time, the passage says there were no infidels and that all
men and angels took refuge in the Buddha.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Under Sumedha, the Bodisat is born as the brahman youth Uttara, gives away
eight hundred millions of money, listens to the Law, accepts the Refuges, abandons
home, takes vows, and receives a prophecy of future Buddhahood.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Each Buddha episode includes named attendants or kin, chief disciples, chief
female disciples, a Bo-tree, bodily height, and lifespan.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Paduma
description: A Teacher and Blessed One described as a Buddha after Anomadassin,
dwelling in a grove during the Bodisat's lion birth.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Bodisat as a lion
description: The Bodisat born as a lion who reveres Paduma, attends him for seven
days, and receives a prophecy.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Order of monks
description: The monastic Order that draws near to Paduma and later receives donations
in the Buddha episodes.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Nārada
description: A Teacher and perfect Buddha after Paduma, recipient of the Bodisat's
offering when the Bodisat is a sage.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Bodisat as a sage
description: The Bodisat who has taken vows as a sage, acquired wisdom and sublime
acquisitions, and offers red sandal wood.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Padumuttara
description: A Buddha appearing a hundred thousand world-cycles ago, associated
with assemblies including one on Vebhāra Mountain.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Bodisat as Jaṭila
description: The Bodisat born as the Mahratta named Jaṭila, who offers robes to
the Order headed by Padumuttara.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Men and angels
description: Collective beings said to take refuge in the Buddha during Padumuttara's
time.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Sumedha
description: A Leader and Blessed One born in one kalpa after Padumuttara, recipient
of Uttara's donation and source of a prophecy.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Bodisat as Uttara
description: The Bodisat born as the brahman youth Uttara, who donates wealth, hears
the Law, accepts the Refuges, leaves home, and takes vows.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Buddha or Teacher who gives prophecy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:9
basis: Each named Buddha is described as a Teacher, Blessed One, perfect Buddha,
or Leader, and each main episode includes a prophecy of future Buddhahood for
the Bodisat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: Bodisat in a former birth and recipient of prophecy
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:10
basis: The passage explicitly identifies the Bodisat in different births or statuses
and records the prophecy that he will become a Buddha.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: Devotee or donor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:10
basis: The Bodisat venerates, attends, gives offerings, donates wealth, or takes
vows in the episodes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: Monastic Order associated with refuge and offerings
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Order draws near in the Paduma episode and receives offerings or donations
in the Nārada, Padumuttara, and Sumedha episodes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Bo-trees of the Buddhas
literal_form: Crimson-tree, great Crimson-tree, Sāla-tree, and great Champaka-tree
named as Bo-trees
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: Vebhāra Mountain
literal_form: Mountain setting for Padumuttara's second assembly
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Red sandal wood offering
literal_form: Red sandal wood offered by the Bodisat as a sage
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Robes offering
literal_form: Robes given to the Order headed by Padumuttara
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: Great monetary donation
literal_form: Eight hundred millions of money given by the brahman youth Uttara
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Lion venerates Paduma in the forest grove
summary: The Bodisat, born as a lion, finds Paduma in trance, reveres him, remains
in attendance without hunting for seven days, puts faith in the Order, and receives
a prophecy of future Buddhahood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Sage offers red sandal wood to Nārada and the Order
summary: The Bodisat, as a vowed sage with wisdom and acquisitions, gives a great
donation and red sandal wood to the Order headed by Nārada, who prophesies his
future Buddhahood.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Jaṭila offers robes under Padumuttara
summary: The Bodisat, born as Jaṭila, offers robes to the Order headed by Padumuttara
and receives an announcement of future Buddhahood; the passage also says all men
and angels take refuge in the Buddha during this time.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Uttara donates wealth, renounces, and takes vows under Sumedha
summary: The Bodisat, born as the brahman youth Uttara, gives a large donation to
the Order headed by Sumedha, hears the Law, accepts the Refuges, abandons home,
takes vows, and receives a prophecy.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Devotional act or offering followed by prophecy of future Buddhahood
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Across the episodes, the Bodisat venerates or gives offerings to a Buddha
and the Order, and the Buddha prophesies his future Buddhahood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy label is broad; the passage frames the exchange specifically
in Buddhist terms of devotion, merit, refuge, and prophecy.
- id: motif:2
label: Animal devotee recognizes and venerates a Buddha
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Bodisat is born as a lion and responds to Paduma with reverence, joy,
attendance, and faith in the Order.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names this animal-devotee pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: Renunciation and taking vows after hearing the Law
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- initiation
basis: The Bodisat as Uttara listens to the Law, accepts the Refuges, abandons home,
and takes vows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the actions briefly and does not narrate an extended
initiation sequence.
- id: motif:4
label: Acquisition of wisdom by the vowed sage
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Bodisat as a sage is said to have acquired five kinds of Wisdom and eight
sublime Acquisitions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names the attainments but does not describe their content.
- id: motif:5
label: Buddha-associated sacred tree listings
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_tree_axis
basis: Each Buddha is linked with a named Bo-tree, including Crimson-tree, Sāla-tree,
and Champaka-tree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage lists Bo-trees but does not elaborate an axis or world-center
function.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'The four main episodes in this passage repeat a common narrative function:
a former birth of the Bodisat encounters a Buddha or the Order, performs devotion
or giving, and receives a prophecy of future Buddhahood.'
claim_level: same_function
target: Repeated Bodisat encounter-and-prophecy pattern within the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is an internal comparison among episodes in the same passage,
not evidence for historical contact or comparison with an external tradition.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4609-4632
quote_or_summary: Paduma has three assemblies and dwells in a forest grove; the
Bodisat as a lion venerates him in trance, attends seven days without seeking
prey, puts faith in the Order, and receives a prophecy of future Buddhahood. Paduma's
city, kin, disciples, Bo-tree, height, and age are listed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 4633-4652
quote_or_summary: Nārada has three assemblies; the Bodisat as a vowed sage has five
kinds of Wisdom and eight sublime Acquisitions, donates to the Order headed by
the Buddha, offers red sandal wood, and receives a prophecy of future Buddhahood.
Nārada's attributes and Bo-tree are listed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 4653-4672
quote_or_summary: Padumuttara appears in a distant kalpa and has assemblies, including
one on Vebhāra Mountain; the Bodisat as Jaṭila offers robes to the Order headed
by the Buddha and receives a prophecy. The passage says all men and angels took
refuge in the Buddha, and lists Padumuttara's attributes and Bo-tree.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 4673-4690
quote_or_summary: Sumedha appears after Padumuttara; the Bodisat as the brahman
youth Uttara gives eight hundred millions of money to the Order headed by the
Buddha, listens to the Law, accepts the Refuges, abandons home, takes vows, and
receives a prophecy. Sumedha's attributes and Bo-tree are listed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The narrative actions and repeated prophecy pattern are explicit. Taxonomy
mappings are cautious because the available motif families are broad relative
to the Buddhist technical setting.
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 comparisons were added; comparison claim is limited to repeated functions inside the supplied passage.
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