batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l35841-l35998
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l35841-l35998
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.
/ Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 35841-35998
start: '35841'
end: '35998'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: After completing rites, Rama and Lakshman continue searching for Sita through
difficult forests. They encounter a cave-dwelling giantess, Ayomukhi, who seizes
Lakshman and asks him to be her lover; Lakshman mutilates her with his sword.
He then reports bad omens, including a screaming bird. The brothers hear a destructive
sound and encounter a huge headless, one-eyed, long-armed fiend who feeds on animals,
bars their way, and seizes them both.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The princely brothers continue onward after rites have been paid, directing
their steps in search of the lady.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The brothers travel through lonely, dark, tangled woods and change direction
while searching for Sita.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A cave is seen in a mountain’s wooded side, with deep dark abysses.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Inside or near the cave the brothers see a huge misshapen giantess with fierce
voice, long teeth, dishevelled hair, and a meal of animal flesh.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The giantess comes out of the den, looks at Lakshman, spreads her arms to
hold him, and asks him to be her love.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The giantess names herself Ayomukhi and invites Lakshman to live and play
with her in hills and stream-islets.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Lakshman becomes enraged, draws his sword, and cuts the giantess’s breast,
ear, and nose.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The wounded giantess roars in rage and pain and returns to her hidden dwelling.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: 'Lakshman reports bodily and emotional omens: a throbbing arm, a troubled
heart, and ill signs around him.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Lakshman says that a bird with an ill-omened cry announces coming strife and
victory.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The brothers hear a great sound like a tempest crushing trees and search for
its hidden cause.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: A huge fiend appears as a broad-chested, headless, neckless trunk, with a
mouth below the waist, a single eye in the chest, long hair, loud voice, and flame-like
brilliance from the chest.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: The headless fiend devours lions, birds, and bears and selects animals with
his long arms and hands.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: The headless fiend stands before the brothers and blocks their passage through
the wood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: The fiend stretches out his very long arms, casts them around Rama and Lakshman,
and holds them fast.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:16
text: Although the brothers are armed and brave, they are helpless in the giant’s
hold; Lakshman becomes fearful and speaks to Rama.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rama
description: One of Raghu’s princely sons and the glorious brother addressed by
Lakshman; armed and searching for Sita.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lakshman
description: Rama’s brother, described as brave and virtuous; he is seized by Ayomukhi,
mutilates her, reads omens, and is later seized by the headless fiend.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sita
description: The lady whose loss motivates the brothers’ search; she is not physically
present in this passage.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ayomukhi
description: A huge misshapen cave-dwelling giantess or fiend who seizes Lakshman
and asks him to be her lover.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kabandha / headless fiend
description: The Canto title names Kabandha; the passage describes a huge headless
trunk-like fiend with a chest-eye, mouth below the waist, long arms, and animal-eating
behavior.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ill-omened bird
description: A bird whose harsh cry Lakshman interprets as announcing coming strife
and victory.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: questing brother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The two princely brothers continue through forests in search of the lady
Sita.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: monster-wounder
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Lakshman draws his sword and mutilates Ayomukhi after she seizes and woos
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: absent lost lady
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The brothers’ movement is repeatedly framed as a quest occasioned by the
lady’s loss.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: cave-dwelling giantess and would-be lover
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Ayomukhi emerges from the den, embraces Lakshman, and asks him to be her
love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: captured hero
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The headless fiend’s arms seize and hold both brothers fast.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: omen-reader
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Lakshman interprets his bodily signs and the bird’s cry as warning of peril,
strife, and victory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: monstrous blocker and captor
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The fiend bars the passage and seizes the brothers with very long arms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:8
label: omen-bearing animal
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Lakshman identifies the bird’s cry as an omen of coming combat and victory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: dark cave
literal_form: A cave in a mountain’s woody side with deep dark abysses.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: fearful forest wilderness
literal_form: Dark, tangled, thorny, hard-to-pass woods and groves through which
the brothers travel.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: ill-omened bird cry
literal_form: A screaming bird whose discordant cry is taken as warning of strife
and victory.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: flame-like chest brilliance
literal_form: A brilliance from the monster’s chest compared to gushing flame.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: single chest-eye
literal_form: One eye set deep in the headless monster’s chest, glittering with
terrific light.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: giant grasping arms
literal_form: Arms a league in length used to seize animals and then the two brothers.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Search through the southern forests
summary: After rites are completed, Rama and Lakshman continue their search for
Sita through difficult and frightening woods, including Krauncha’s forest and
other tangled groves.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Ayomukhi at the mountain cave
summary: The brothers find a dark cave in a mountain side. A misshapen giantess,
Ayomukhi, emerges, embraces Lakshman, asks him to be her lover, and is mutilated
by his sword before fleeing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Lakshman’s omens
summary: Lakshman reports bodily unease and interprets a bird’s harsh cry as an
omen that danger, combat, and victory are near.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: The headless fiend appears and captures the brothers
summary: A great destructive sound leads the brothers to a huge headless fiend with
a chest-eye, low mouth, flame-like brilliance, and very long arms. The fiend blocks
their path, seizes them, and holds them helpless.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Quest for a lost beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
- mystical_quest
basis: The brothers’ travel is explicitly framed as a quest for Sita after the lady’s
loss.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The supplied passage states Sita’s loss and the brothers’ quest, but it
does not itself describe the theft or abduction.
- id: motif:2
label: Perilous passage through dark wilderness
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The heroes pass through dark, tangled, frightening forests and continue despite
hardship while pursuing their search.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage supports wilderness ordeal as a narrative pattern; broader
initiatory meaning is not stated.
- id: motif:3
label: Cave-dwelling monstrous female as erotic aggressor
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ayomukhi emerges from a dark den, grasps Lakshman, asks him to be her lover,
and is violently repelled.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No taxonomy motif family in the supplied list directly matches this pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: Omens before combat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Lakshman reads bodily signs and an ill-omened bird’s cry as warnings that
peril, strife, and victory are near.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the omen interpretation directly, but the ensuing combat
is not yet narrated within the supplied excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: Headless devouring giant blocks and seizes heroes
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The headless, one-eyed, long-armed fiend devours animals, blocks the path,
and captures the armed brothers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy motif family directly names a headless giant or monstrous
captor pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 35841-35858
quote_or_summary: After every rite is paid, the princely brothers travel onward
in the lady’s quest, armed and moving through lonely woods toward the southern
land.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 35859-35888
quote_or_summary: The brothers pass through dark, tangled, frightening woods, search
for Sita with their thoughts fixed on her, and continue through Krauncha’s wood
and other groves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 35889-35894
quote_or_summary: "“There in a mountain’s woody side / A cave the royal brothers
spied, / With dread abysses deep as hell, / Where darkness never ceased to dwell.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 35895-35906
quote_or_summary: Near the cave entrance the brothers see a huge misshapen giantess
or fiend with fierce voice, long teeth, dishevelled hair, and a feast of beast
flesh.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 35907-35924
quote_or_summary: The giantess comes from her den, sees Lakshman, spreads her arms
to hold him, asks him to be her love, names herself Ayomukhi, and promises life
with her in hills and stream-islets.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 35925-35934
quote_or_summary: Lakshman angrily draws his sword and cuts through the giantess’s
breast, ear, and nose; she roars in rage and pain and flees to her dwelling.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 35935-35956
quote_or_summary: Lakshman tells Rama that his throbbing arm, troubled heart, ill
omens, and a screaming bird’s cry warn of approaching peril, strife, and victory.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 35957-35964
quote_or_summary: As they continue searching, the brothers hear a great sound like
a tempest crushing trees, and Rama raises his sword while both investigate the
hidden cause.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 35965-35986
quote_or_summary: 'A huge broad-chested fiend appears: a headless and neckless trunk,
hair-covered, with mouth below the waist, loud voice, flame-like brilliance from
the chest, and a single bright chest-eye.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 35987-35998
quote_or_summary: The fiend eats lions, birds, and bears, uses huge hands and arms
a league in length to seize animals, and stands before the brothers barring their
passage.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 35999-36018 within supplied excerpt continuation
quote_or_summary: The headless trunk stretches out its arms, casts them around the
sons of Raghu, and holds them fast; despite being armed, the brothers are helpless,
and Lakshman speaks fearfully to Rama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; full text allowed per metadata.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Some locator ranges are
approximate because the excerpt is supplied as text while the request gives a
broader stable line range; the final capture lines appear to continue beyond the
stated end in the pasted passage.
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 comparison claims were added because the supplied passage does not itself support a specific cross-text or cross-tradition comparison beyond the available motif-family tagging.
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