batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l52764-l52908
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l52764-l52908
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The
Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52764-52908
start: '52764'
end: '52908'
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: 'The passage recounts a fierce single combat between Angad and a giant
leader, followed by a translator’s summary of omitted cantos in which other Rákshasa
commanders sally out and are killed. It then begins Rávan’s sally: enraged by
the death of a chief, Rávan declares that he will enter battle himself, rides
out with a host, and is identified among other notable warriors by Vibhishaṇ.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A giant leader attacks the Vánars with arrows, and the Vánar hosts flee to
Angad for protection.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Angad is wounded by many fiery arrows and throws an uprooted tree at the giant.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The giant stops Angad’s tree with arrows, avoids a hurled rock by leaping
from his chariot, and the rock breaks the chariot.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Angad strikes the giant with a shattered hill or peak, causing the giant to
fall and bleed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The giant recovers, wounds Angad with a mace, and the two combatants fight
hand to hand with fists.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Both warriors take swords and shields and continue fighting until they fall
bloodied on the sand.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Angad, though fallen on his knees, takes up his sword and severs the giant’s
head.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The omitted-canto summary reports repeated sallies by Rákshasa commanders,
with Vánars using rocks and trees and Rákshasas using arrows.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Rávaṇ is enraged by the report that a chief has been killed and announces
that he himself will take the field.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Rávaṇ rides out on a royal car accompanied by drums, shells, shouts, and a
host of giants.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Ráma asks Vibhishaṇ to identify the captains leading the opposing array.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Vibhishaṇ identifies Akampan, Indrajít, Atikáya, and Rávaṇ among the warriors
in the opposing force.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Angad
description: A Vánar chieftain to whom the Vánar hosts flee for protection; he fights
and beheads the giant leader.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: giant leader
description: A Rákshasa or giant leader who rains arrows on the Vánars and fights
Angad with arrows, mace, fists, sword, and shield before being beheaded.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Vánar hosts
description: The monkey forces who are slain by arrows, flee to Angad for protection,
and in summarized battles fight with rocks and trees.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Akampan
description: A Rákshasa commander mentioned in the omitted-canto summary and later
identified by Vibhishaṇ as a huge-framed warrior.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Hanumán
description: A Vánar hero who, in the omitted-canto summary, comes to the rescue
and kills Akampan with a tree.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Prahasta
description: A Rákshasa commander who sallies out in the omitted-canto summary and
is crushed by Níla with a huge tree.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Níla
description: A Vánar warrior who meets Prahasta, breaks his bow, and crushes him
with a tree in the omitted-canto summary.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: The lord of Lanká, enraged by the death of a chief; he declares he
will take the field and rides out on a royal car.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Ráma
description: He views the opposing host and asks Vibhishaṇ to identify the captains.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Vibhishaṇ
description: A weapon-wielding chief who identifies the opposing warriors for Ráma.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Indrajít
description: Rávaṇ’s son, chariot-borne, bearing gifts of Brahmá, wielding a bow
like Indra’s, with a lion on his flag.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Atikáya
description: A proud warrior standing with a huge bow in mighty hands.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: protector of fleeing allies
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Vánar hosts flee to Angad for protection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: victorious Vánar combatant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Angad beheads the giant; Hanumán kills Akampan; Níla crushes Prahasta.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: attacking giant commander
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The giant leader attacks the Vánars and duels Angad.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: defeated opponent in single combat
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Angad severs the giant’s head after the duel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: Vánar army
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage describes the Vánar hosts and their use of rocks and trees in
battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: Rákshasa war leader
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: These figures are presented as prominent warriors or commanders in Rávaṇ’s
forces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: enraged king entering battle
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Rávaṇ is angered by a chief’s death and declares he will take the field himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: lord of Lanká
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Vibhishaṇ identifies the crowned warrior as Lanká’s lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: observer of enemy array
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Ráma views the foe and asks who leads the opposing array.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: identifier of enemy warriors
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Vibhishaṇ answers Ráma by naming and describing the opposing captains.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fiery arrows
literal_form: arrows hot with flames of fire; eyes like flames of kindled fire
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: uprooted or weaponized tree
literal_form: stately tree torn from earth; huge tree used to kill; tree stems wielded
by Vánars
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: hurled rock and mountain peak
literal_form: rock rent from a thunder-splitten height; shattered hill; mountain
peaks thrown in battle
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: wounded serpent simile
literal_form: a serpent rearing its head after being sore wounded by a peasant’s
tread
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: royal war chariot
literal_form: Rávaṇ’s royal car; the giant’s chariot broken by a hurled rock
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: lion banner
literal_form: a lion shown on Indrajít’s flag
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: moon-bright canopy and golden crown
literal_form: moon-bright canopy over Rávaṇ’s head and burnished gold crown
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Angad confronts the giant leader
summary: The giant leader slays Vánars with arrows; the hosts flee to Angad, who
begins a duel with the giant.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Natural missiles against chariot and warrior
summary: Angad throws a tree, a rock, and a broken hill or peak; the giant counters
the tree with arrows, escapes the rock as it destroys his chariot, and is felled
by the peak.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Close combat and beheading
summary: The giant wounds Angad with a mace; the two fight with fists, then with
swords and shields, until Angad rises from his knees and beheads the giant.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Summarized repeated sallies
summary: 'The omitted-canto note summarizes further battles: Akampan and Prahasta
sally out and are killed, with Hanumán and Níla using trees or natural missiles
against them.'
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Rávaṇ resolves to take the field
summary: After hearing that a chief has been killed, Rávaṇ angrily declares that
he will fight and that Raghu’s sons will die.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Enemy captains identified before battle
summary: Rávaṇ rides out with his host; Ráma asks who commands the array, and Vibhishaṇ
identifies Akampan, Indrajít, Atikáya, and Rávaṇ.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: heroic single combat ending in beheading
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Angad and the giant leader fight through successive weapons and hand-to-hand
combat until Angad severs the giant’s head.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a battle episode rather than a named motif taxonomy
item.
- id: motif:2
label: natural world used as weapons in battle
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Vánar combatants wield uprooted trees, rocks, hills, and mountain peaks against
Rákshasa warriors and chariots.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a recurring action pattern in the passage, not a formal taxonomy
reference.
- id: motif:3
label: royal war sally after champions are slain
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After hearing that a chief has been killed and after other commanders are
reported slain, Rávaṇ declares that he himself will take the field and rides out
with his host.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The broader military context is summarized by the translator, and the
passage only begins Rávaṇ’s sally.
- id: motif:4
label: battlefield identification of enemy champions
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma asks Vibhishaṇ who leads the opposing array, and Vibhishaṇ identifies
and describes the notable warriors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No external comparison is implied beyond the local battlefield scene.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The duel between Angad and the giant is explicitly likened to Mercury and
fiery Mars meeting in battle among the stars.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Mercury and Mars in a celestial battle simile
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This comparison is a poetic simile in the English translation; it does
not by itself demonstrate historical contact or shared mythic origin.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 52764-52791
quote_or_summary: The giant leader slays Vánars with arrows; the hosts flee to Angad,
who is pierced by fiery arrows and throws a tree and then a rock; the giant stops
the tree with arrows and leaps from his chariot before the rock breaks it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 52792-52818
quote_or_summary: Angad strikes the giant with a shattered hill or peak; the giant
falls bleeding, recovers, wounds Angad with a mace, and the two fight with fists,
compared to Mercury and Mars in battle among the stars.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 52819-52834
quote_or_summary: The combatants arm themselves with swords and shields, fall bloodied
on the sand, and Angad, likened to a wounded serpent lifting its head, seizes
his sword and beheads the giant.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 52835-52863
quote_or_summary: The translator’s omitted-canto note summarizes Akampan and Prahasta
sallying out and falling; omens appear, Vánars are pierced by arrows, Rákshasas
are crushed with rocks and trees, Hanumán kills Akampan with a tree, and Níla
crushes Prahasta with a huge tree.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 52864-52888
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ hears that the chief is killed, becomes enraged, declares
he will take the field and kill Raghu’s sons, and rides out on a royal car with
instruments, shouts, and a host of giants with fiery eyes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 52889-52908
quote_or_summary: Ráma sees the opposing array and asks Vibhishaṇ who leads it;
Vibhishaṇ identifies Akampan, Indrajít with Brahmá’s gifts, a bow like Indra’s
and a lion flag, Atikáya with a huge bow, and crowned Rávaṇ under a moon-bright
canopy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is clear for figures, actions, and symbols. Motif labels are
descriptive rather than formal taxonomy matches. The only comparison claim is
an explicit poetic simile in the translated text.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy symbol references were applied only to literal or simile forms present in the passage.
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