batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l7445-l7470
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passage_locator:
label: TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 7445-7470
start: '7445'
end: '7470'
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: For that spot is a place which not one of all the Buddhas has deserted.
summary: The passage lists successive Buddhas and merchant donors who purchase the
same spot with valuable coverings or objects and build monasteries there. It concludes
that the spot has never been deserted by any Buddha, and says the Blessed One
lived there from his attainment of omniscience under the Bo-tree until his death.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: In the time of the Blessed Buddha Vipassin, Punabbasu Mitta bought the spot
by laying golden bricks over it and built a monastery one league long.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: In the time of the Blessed Buddha Sikhin, Sirivaḍḍha bought the spot by standing
golden ploughshares over it and built a monastery three-quarters of a league long.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: In the time of the Blessed Buddha Vessabhū, Sotthiya bought the spot by laying
golden elephant feet along it and built a monastery half a league long.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: In the time of the Blessed Buddha Kakusandha, Accuta bought the spot by laying
golden bricks over it and built a monastery a quarter of a league long.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: In the time of the Blessed Buddha Koṇāgamana, Ugga bought the spot by laying
golden tortoises over it and built a monastery half a league long.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: In the time of the Blessed Buddha Kassapa, Sumaŋgala bought the spot by laying
golden bricks over it and built a monastery sixty acres in extent.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: In the time of the passage’s own Blessed One, Anātha Piṇḍika bought the spot
by laying kahāpaṇas over it and built a monastery thirty acres in extent.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The passage states that the spot is a place not deserted by any of the Buddhas.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The Blessed One lived at the spot from attaining omniscience under the Bo-tree
until his death.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The passage closes the account of causes leading to Buddhahood and announces
that the stories of all the Births will follow.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Blessed Buddha Vipassin
description: A Buddha in whose time Punabbasu Mitta bought the spot and built a
monastery.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Punabbasu Mitta
description: A merchant who bought the spot with golden bricks and built a monastery
there.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Blessed Buddha Sikhin
description: A Buddha in whose time Sirivaḍḍha bought the spot and built a monastery.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sirivaḍḍha
description: A merchant who bought the spot with golden ploughshares and built a
monastery there.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Blessed Buddha Vessabhū
description: A Buddha in whose time Sotthiya bought the spot and built a monastery.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sotthiya
description: A merchant who bought the spot with golden elephant feet and built
a monastery there.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Blessed Buddha Kakusandha
description: A Buddha in whose time Accuta bought the spot and built a monastery.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Accuta
description: A merchant who bought the spot with golden bricks and built a monastery
there.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Blessed Buddha Koṇāgamana
description: A Buddha in whose time Ugga bought the spot and built a monastery.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Ugga
description: A merchant who bought the spot with golden tortoises and built a monastery
there.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Blessed Buddha Kassapa
description: A Buddha in whose time Sumaŋgala bought the spot and built a monastery.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Sumaŋgala
description: A merchant who bought the spot with golden bricks and built a sixty-acre
monastery there.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: our Blessed One
description: The Blessed One who lived at the spot from the attainment of omniscience
under the Bo-tree until his death.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Anātha Piṇḍika
description: A merchant who bought the spot with kahāpaṇas and built a thirty-acre
monastery there.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Blessed Buddha of an earlier epoch
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:11
basis: The passage names each as a Blessed Buddha in whose time the same spot was
purchased and a monastery built.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: merchant purchaser and monastery builder
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:14
basis: Each named merchant buys the spot by covering it with valuables or currency
and builds a monastery there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: Blessed One of the present account
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The passage refers to the time of “our Blessed One” and says he lived at
the spot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: attainer of omniscience under the Bo-tree
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The passage says the Blessed One lived at the spot from the attainment of
omniscience under the Bo-tree until his death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: undserted Buddha spot
literal_form: that very spot
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:11
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: monastery foundation
literal_form: monastery built at the spot
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: valuable covering used to buy land
literal_form: golden bricks, golden ploughshares, golden elephant feet, golden tortoises,
and kahāpaṇas laid or stood over the spot
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: Bo-tree
literal_form: the Bo-tree under which omniscience was attained
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Successive earlier Buddhas and merchant foundations
summary: Across the times of Vipassin, Sikhin, Vessabhū, Kakusandha, Koṇāgamana,
and Kassapa, merchants buy the same spot with golden objects and build monasteries
of specified sizes there.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:2
label: Present Blessed One and the same spot
summary: Anātha Piṇḍika buys the same spot with kahāpaṇas and builds a thirty-acre
monastery; the passage then states that no Buddha has deserted the spot and that
the Blessed One lived there from omniscience under the Bo-tree until death.
figure_refs:
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:3
label: Transition to the Birth stories
summary: The account of the causes leading to Buddhahood ends, and the text announces
that the stories of all the Births will be told.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Sacred purchase of a religious site through lavish covering
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Multiple merchants acquire the same spot by laying or standing valuable objects
or currency over it, then build monasteries there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes purchases and foundations, not a negotiated ritual
formula beyond the act of covering the land with valuables.
- id: motif:2
label: Sacred place preserved through successive Buddhas
taxonomy_refs:
- world_center
basis: The passage states that the same spot is not deserted by any Buddha and anchors
repeated monastery foundations across several Buddha eras.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The world-center classification is interpretive; the passage emphasizes
continuity and sanctity of place rather than explicitly naming a cosmic center.
- id: motif:3
label: Omniscience attained under a sacred tree
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- sacred_tree_axis
basis: The Blessed One is said to have attained omniscience under the Bo-tree before
living at the spot until death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The Bo-tree is mentioned briefly; the passage does not elaborate tree
symbolism or an axis motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7445-7448
quote_or_summary: In Vipassin’s time, the merchant Punabbasu Mitta bought the same
spot by laying golden bricks over it and built a monastery one league in length.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
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allowed.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7448-7451
quote_or_summary: In Sikhin’s time, Sirivaḍḍha bought the same spot by standing
golden ploughshares over it and built a monastery three-quarters of a league in
length.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg source metadata indicates full text
allowed.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 7451-7454
quote_or_summary: In Vessabhū’s time, Sotthiya bought the same spot by laying golden
elephant feet along it and built a monastery half a league in length.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg source metadata indicates full text
allowed.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 7454-7457
quote_or_summary: In Kakusandha’s time, Accuta bought the same spot by laying golden
bricks over it and built a monastery a quarter of a league in length.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
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allowed.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 7457-7460
quote_or_summary: In Koṇāgamana’s time, Ugga bought the same spot by laying golden
tortoises over it and built a monastery half a league in length.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg source metadata indicates full text
allowed.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 7460-7463
quote_or_summary: In Kassapa’s time, Sumaŋgala bought the same spot by laying golden
bricks over it and built a monastery sixty acres in extent.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg source metadata indicates full text
allowed.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 7463-7466
quote_or_summary: In the time of the passage’s own Blessed One, Anātha Piṇḍika bought
the same spot by laying kahāpaṇas over it and built a thirty-acre monastery.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg source metadata indicates full text
allowed.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 7466-7467
quote_or_summary: "“For that spot is a place which not one of all the Buddhas has
deserted.”"
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allowed.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 7467-7469
quote_or_summary: The Blessed One lived at that spot from attaining omniscience
under the Bo-tree until his death.
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allowed.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 7469-7470
quote_or_summary: The Proximate Epoch closes, the account of the causes leading
to Buddhahood ends, and the text announces that the stories of all the Births
will follow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain; Project Gutenberg source metadata indicates full text
allowed.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Named figures, actions, objects, and sequence are explicit. Motif assignments
use the supplied taxonomy and are interpretive, especially world_center and sacred_tree_axis.
No passage-supported external comparison claims were added.
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: |-
Only the provided passage and metadata were used; no external Jātaka context was added.
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