batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l59057-l59142
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l59057-l59142
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.;
lines 59057-59142
start: '59057'
end: '59142'
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 is a set of notes on the Ramayana: a critical note on Rama’s
exile wanderings among southern Brahmanical hermitages and the chronological difficulty
of the sages he visits; a note identifying Uma/Parvati as the daughter of Himalaya
and Mena; a note on Kumbhakarna’s enormous appetite and Brahma’s decree that he
sleep for six months at a time; and an introductory note on Shiva stopping Daksha’s
sacrificial rite, with mention of temple sculpture and an allegorical interpretation.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rama is described as spending more than thirteen years of exile wandering
among Brahmanical settlements between the Ganges and the Godavari, from Chitra-kuta
to the region near Nasik.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage questions whether the sages named as contemporaries of Rama could
have lived in the same period.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Viśvámitra, Atri, and Agastya are said to be frequently mentioned in the Rig-Veda,
while Válmíki is said to have composed the Ramayana.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Atri is described as progenitor of the Moon and first ancestor of the Lunar
race in a Mahabharata genealogical list.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The passage says some Pundits reconcile chronological contradictions by representing
sages as living thousands of years and reappearing on earth in different ages.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Uma or Parvati is identified as the daughter of Himalaya and Mena.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Kumbhakarna is described as the gigantic brother of Ravana, with ears large
enough to contain a large water-jar.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Kumbhakarna is said to consume six months’ provisions in a single day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Brahma decrees that Kumbhakarna should sleep for six months at a time and
wake for one day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Shiva is said to have stopped Daksha’s sacrificial rite in anger.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The story of Shiva and Daksha’s rite is described as a favorite subject of
Hindu sculpture, especially in Shiva temples and the caves of Elephanta and Ellora.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The passage presents the Shiva-Daksha story as an allegory of conflict between
Shiva’s followers and worshippers of the Elements who followed older Vedic ritual.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rama
description: Hero of the Ramayana, described here as wandering in exile among Brahmanical
settlements and hermitages.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Brahmanical sages visited or named in connection with Rama
description: Sages including Viśvámitra, Atri, Agastya, and Válmíki, discussed in
relation to Rama and chronological difficulties.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Atri
description: A sage said to be visited by Rama and described in a genealogical list
as progenitor of the Moon and ancestor of the Lunar race.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Uma or Parvati
description: Daughter of Himalaya and Mena; heroine of Kalidasa’s Kumara-Sambhava.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Himalaya
description: Named as the father of Uma or Parvati.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Mena
description: Named as the mother of Uma or Parvati.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Kumbhakarna
description: Gigantic brother of Ravana, marked by enormous ears, immense appetite,
and a cycle of six-month sleep and one-day waking.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Ravana
description: Titanic figure identified as Kumbhakarna’s brother.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Brahma
description: Deity who decrees Kumbhakarna’s six-month sleep and one-day waking
cycle.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Shiva
description: Deity whose angry might is said to have stopped Daksha’s sacrificial
rite.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Daksha
description: Figure whose sacrificial rite is stopped by Shiva.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: exiled wandering hero
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rama is called the hero and is described as spending more than thirteen years
of exile wandering among settlements and hermitages.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: sage connected with Rama’s itinerary
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The passage names sages said to have been visited by or contemporary with
Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: ancestral progenitor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Atri is described as progenitor of the Moon and first ancestor of the Lunar
race.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: divine or mythic daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Uma or Parvati is identified as the daughter of Himalaya and Mena.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: mythic parent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Himalaya and Mena are named as Uma or Parvati’s parents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: gigantic sleeper and devourer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Kumbhakarna is described as gigantic, capable of consuming six months’ provisions
in a day, and made to sleep six months at a time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: decreeing deity
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Brahma decrees Kumbhakarna’s sleep and waking cycle to relieve the world’s
alarm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: angry divine disruptor of sacrifice
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Shiva’s angry might is said to have stayed Daksha’s sacrificial rite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: sacrificial host or rite-associated figure
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Daksha is associated with the sacrificial rite stopped by Shiva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: wandering route between rivers and hill
literal_form: The region between the Ganges and the Godavari, extending from Chitra-kuta
to near Nasik.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Himalaya as parent figure
literal_form: Himalaya, named as father of Uma or Parvati.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: large water-jar in Kumbhakarna’s name
literal_form: A kumbha or large water-jar, used to explain the size of Kumbhakarna’s
ears.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: six-month sleep cycle
literal_form: Kumbhakarna sleeps six months at a time and wakes for one day.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: sacrificial rite
literal_form: Daksha’s sacrificial rite stopped by Shiva.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: cave temple setting
literal_form: The caves of Elephanta and Ellora, mentioned as settings for sculpture
of the Shiva-Daksha story.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rama’s exile wanderings among hermitages
summary: Rama spends more than thirteen years of exile wandering among Brahmanical
settlements and hermitages across a wide region from Chitra-kuta to the Godavari
area.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Chronological problem of the sages
summary: The passage discusses doubts about whether sages named as contemporaries
of Rama could belong to one period, noting Rig-Vedic sages, Valmiki’s authorship,
and later reconciliation by long life and reappearance across ages.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Uma identified as Himalaya’s child
summary: Uma or Parvati is identified as the daughter of Himalaya and Mena and as
heroine of the Kumara-Sambhava.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Brahma restrains Kumbhakarna through sleep
summary: Because Kumbhakarna’s appetite alarms the world, Brahma decrees that he
will sleep for six months and wake for one day to consume his allowance.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Shiva stops Daksha’s sacrifice
summary: Shiva’s angry might stops Daksha’s sacrificial rite; the story is noted
as a subject of Hindu sculpture and as an allegory of conflict between religious
groups.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: exile wandering among sacred hermitages
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Rama is described as spending more than thirteen years of exile wandering
through Brahmanical settlements and hermitages.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a scholarly note on geography and chronology rather than
a narrative episode itself.
- id: motif:2
label: sages living or reappearing across ages
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage says Pundits reconciled contradictions by representing sages
as living thousands of years and reappearing on earth in widely separated ages.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is reported as an explanatory tradition, not narrated as an event
in the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: divine or mythic child of a mountain parent
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Uma or Parvati is identified as the daughter of Himalaya and Mena.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only a brief genealogical identification.
- id: motif:4
label: giant’s dangerous appetite restrained by enchanted sleep
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Kumbhakarna’s appetite alarms the world, and Brahma decrees a six-month sleep
and one-day waking cycle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No matching supplied taxonomy family directly names giant sleep or devouring
appetite.
- id: motif:5
label: divine interruption of sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Shiva’s angry might is said to have stopped Daksha’s sacrificial rite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage excerpt only introduces the story and does not provide the
full narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 59057-59068
quote_or_summary: Rama spends more than thirteen years of exile wandering among
Brahmanical settlements between the Ganges and Godavari, from Chitra-kuta to near
Nasik.
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 59069-59108
quote_or_summary: The note questions the chronology of sages associated with Rama;
Viśvámitra, Atri, and Agastya are Rig-Vedic, Valmiki is linked to the Ramayana,
Atri is made ancestor of the Moon, and Pundits explain contradictions by long
life and reappearances across ages.
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 59109-59114
quote_or_summary: Uma or Parvati is identified as daughter of Himalaya and Mena
and heroine of Kalidasa’s Kumara-Sambhava.
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 59115-59129
quote_or_summary: Kumbhakarna, gigantic brother of Ravana, has ears associated with
a large water-jar, consumes six months’ provisions in one day, and is decreed
by Brahma to sleep six months and wake for one day.
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 59130-59142
quote_or_summary: Shiva’s angry might stops Daksha’s sacrificial rite; the story
is noted as a favorite subject of Hindu sculpture in Shiva temples and the caves
of Elephanta and Ellora, and is interpreted as an allegory of religious conflict.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage consists of editorial and scholarly notes rather than a continuous
mythic narrative. Motif candidates are therefore based on brief summarized references
and require human review.
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. No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself establish a specific cross-tradition motif comparison.
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