batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l59578-l59724
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l59578-l59724
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 59578-59724
start: '59578'
end: '59724'
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 sequence of editorial notes on the Ramayana: Uttara Kuru
and its possible geographic or ideal-paradise character; the Vánars as monkey-formed
forest or mountain fighters; Rávaṇa’s earlier exploits against Serpent-Gods; Brahmanical
sacred fires and funeral rites; Punjikasthalí and a curse concerning rape; Sítá’s
lament over missing funeral honours for Ráma; royal marks on the hand; Gandharva
battle-dance imagery; Anaraṇya’s defeat by Rávaṇa and prophecy of Rāma’s future
victory; and a note comparing Indrajit’s magic image of Sítā with Greek and Roman
illusionary images.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Uttara Kuru is discussed as a name known through Ptolemy as a mountain, people,
and city called Ottorakorra, and as a far-northern country whose descriptions
may also present an ideal paradise.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A Bengal recension phrase describes Rāma’s allies as silvans in the forms
of monkeys.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Rāvaṇa is said to have slain or defeated Serpent-Gods and stormed their hold.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A Brāhman householder is said to maintain three sacred fires named Gārhapatya,
Ahavaniya, and Dakshiṇa, which are used in Brahmanical solemnities including funeral
rites.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Punjikasthalī is identified as Varuṇa’s daughter, and a curse of Brahmā is
described as imposing death as the penalty for rape of women.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Sītā laments that Rāma’s body will not receive funeral rites and prayers;
the quoted prayer addresses Earth as mother and asks Earth to receive the dead
person.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage refers to visible signs that mark a future queen, and compares
this with a report that Caesar detected an impostor by the absence of royal marks
on the hand.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A battle is described through the image of a Gandharva dance; the note says
Gandharvas are treated as celestial musicians but may earlier have had a heroic-warrior
character.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Anaraṇya, king of Ayodhyā and descendant of Ikṣvāku, is defeated by Rāvaṇa
and predicts that Rāvaṇa will one day be slain by his descendant Rāma.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Indrajit makes a magic image of Sītā; the note compares this with Apollo making
an image of Aeneas and Juno making a fictitious Aeneas.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Uttara Kuru / Ottorakorra
description: A northern country, people, city, and mountain discussed as both possibly
geographic and idealized.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Vánars
description: Rāma’s hosts, described in one recension as silvans in the forms of
monkeys.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Rāma
description: Leader of the Vánars; later named as Anaraṇya’s descendant who will
slay Rāvaṇa; Sītā laments the possible lack of funeral honours for him.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Rāvaṇa
description: Enemy who is said to have attacked Serpent-Gods and defeated Anaraṇya,
but is prophesied to be slain by Rāma.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Serpent-Gods
description: Divine or semi-divine serpent beings whose hold Rāvaṇa is said to have
stormed.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Brāhman householder
description: Maintainer of the three sacred fires used in solemnities and funeral
rites.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Punjikasthalī
description: Daughter of Varuṇa associated with Brahmā’s curse concerning rape of
women.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Varuṇa
description: Father of Punjikasthalī in the cited explanation.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Brahmā
description: Pronouncer of a curse imposing death as penalty for rape of women.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Sītā
description: Speaker or lamenting figure who fears that Rāma will not receive funeral
honours; also the subject of Indrajit’s magic image.
role_refs:
- role:11
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Earth
description: Addressed in a funeral prayer as mother and receiver of the dead.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Gandharvas
description: Celestial musicians in the commentator’s view, also interpreted in
the note as formerly heroic warriors associated with Indra.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Indra
description: Deity whose heaven and followers are mentioned in relation to Gandharvas.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Anaraṇya
description: Descendant of Ikṣvāku and king of Ayodhyā who chooses battle with Rāvaṇa,
is defeated, and prophesies Rāvaṇa’s death by Rāma.
role_refs:
- role:16
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Indrajit
description: Maker of a magic image of Sītā.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Apollo
description: In the comparison, forms an image of Aeneas to save him.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Aeneas
description: Hero whose image is formed by Apollo in the comparison; also the model
for Juno’s fictitious Aeneas.
role_refs:
- role:20
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Juno
description: In the comparison, forms a fictitious Aeneas to save Turnus.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Turnus
description: Figure saved by Juno through a fictitious Aeneas in the comparison.
role_refs:
- role:20
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: far-northern idealized land
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note treats Uttara Kuru as a far northern place and as an ideal paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: monkey-formed allies
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Bengal recension wording describes Rāma’s allies as silvans in monkey
form.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: leader of Vánars
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The note identifies Rāma as leading combatants to the conquest of Laṅkā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: prophesied slayer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Anaraṇya predicts that Rāvaṇa will be slain by his descendant Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: conqueror and future victim
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rāvaṇa defeats Anaraṇya and is prophesied to be slain by Rāma; another note
mentions his exploits against Serpent-Gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: serpent opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Serpent-Gods are the beings whose hold Rāvaṇa stormed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: ritual fire maintainer
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The householder ought to maintain the three sacred fires.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: catalyst of curse tradition
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The note says Brahmā’s curse concerning rape was pronounced on her account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: divine father
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Punjikasthalī is called the daughter of Varuṇa.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: curse pronouncer
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The note names Brahmā as source of the curse involving death as penalty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: mourner
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Sītā laments the lack of funeral honours for Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: image-double subject
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Indrajit makes a magic image of Sītā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:13
label: maternal receiver of the dead
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The funeral prayer addresses Earth as mother and asks her to receive the
dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:14
label: celestial musicians or warrior figures
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The note gives both the commentator’s musical interpretation and Gorresio’s
heroic-warrior interpretation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:15
label: deity associated with Gandharvas
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The note places Gandharvas in Indra’s heaven and as followers of Indra.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:16
label: defeated king
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Anaraṇya is king of Ayodhyā and is defeated by Rāvaṇa.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:17
label: prophetic speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Anaraṇya predicts Rāvaṇa’s future death by Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:18
label: maker of magic image
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: The note attributes the magic image of Sītā to Indrajit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:19
label: creator of fictive image
assigned_to:
- fig:16
- fig:18
basis: The comparison says Apollo forms an image of Aeneas and Juno forms a fictitious
Aeneas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:20
label: saved hero in image comparison
assigned_to:
- fig:17
- fig:19
basis: The comparison says Apollo acts to save Aeneas and Juno acts to save Turnus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: far northern paradise
literal_form: Uttara Kuru as a far-northern country described as an ideal paradise
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: mountain
literal_form: Ottorakorra mountain extending eastward
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: monkey form
literal_form: silvans in the forms of monkeys
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: serpent divinities
literal_form: Serpent-Gods
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: three sacred fires
literal_form: Gārhapatya, Ahavaniya, and Dakshiṇa fires
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: funeral earth as mother
literal_form: Earth addressed as mother receiving the dead into her bosom
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: royal hand marks
literal_form: signs or marks of royalty on the hand
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: war dance
literal_form: battle likened to the dance of the Gandharvas
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: magic image
literal_form: magic image of Sītā; image or fictitious Aeneas in comparisons
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Uttara Kuru as geography and paradise
summary: The note reviews scholarly identifications of Uttara Kuru/Ottorakorra as
a northern place and as an ideal paradise rather than a purely historical recollection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Rāma’s monkey-formed allies
summary: The note cites a recension describing Rāma’s allies as forest beings in
monkey form and interprets them as inhabitants of mountainous and southern regions.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Rāvaṇa and the Serpent-Gods
summary: A cited line refers to Rāvaṇa’s old exploit of slaying or defeating Serpent-Gods
and storming their hold.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Sacred fires and funeral rites
summary: The note explains that the Brāhman householder maintains three sacred fires
used in solemnities, including funeral rites in which they are arranged in prescribed
order.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Punjikasthalī and Brahmā’s curse
summary: The note identifies Punjikasthalī as Varuṇa’s daughter and links her to
Brahmā’s curse imposing death as punishment for rape of women.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Sītā’s lament for funeral honours
summary: Sītā laments that Rāma may not receive funeral honours, and the note quotes
a funeral prayer asking Earth as mother to receive the dead.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Marks of future royalty
summary: The note discusses signs marking a future queen and compares them with
Caesar’s recognition of an impostor by lack of royal marks on the hand.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:8
label: Gandharva battle dance
summary: The note explains a battle image as a Gandharva dance, with Gandharvas
interpreted either as celestial musicians or as heroic warriors linked to Indra.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:9
label: Anaraṇya’s defeat and prophecy
summary: Anaraṇya chooses battle with Rāvaṇa, is defeated, and predicts that Rāvaṇa
will be slain by his descendant Rāma.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:14
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:10
label: Magic image of Sītā
summary: The note mentions Indrajit’s magic image of Sītā and compares it with classical
examples in which divine figures make images or fictive doubles.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ideal far-northern paradise
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Uttara Kuru is presented as a far-northern country whose descriptions are
pictures of an ideal paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is an editorial scholarly note, not a narrative episode; the
paradise description is summarized rather than narrated.
- id: motif:2
label: animal-formed forest allies
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: Rāma’s allies are described as silvans in the forms of monkeys.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The note itself interprets the description ethnographically, so the shapeshifter
taxonomy is only a loose fit to the stated monkey-form motif.
- id: motif:3
label: serpent-divinity conflict
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
basis: Rāvaṇa is credited with slaying or defeating Serpent-Gods and storming their
hold.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The exploit is only referenced, not narrated in detail in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred fires in ritual and funerary order
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Three named sacred fires are maintained by the Brāhman householder and used
in funeral rites in prescribed arrangement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes ritual practice rather than a mythic action sequence.
- id: motif:5
label: curse imposing death for sexual violation
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Brahmā’s curse is described as involving death as penalty for rape of women,
pronounced on account of Punjikasthalī.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The note gives only a compressed explanation of the allusion.
- id: motif:6
label: return of the dead to mother earth
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The funeral prayer asks Earth, addressed as mother, to open, receive, and
enfold the dead person.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage quotes a funeral prayer in an editorial note rather than narrating
a completed funeral.
- id: motif:7
label: royal destiny marked on the body
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Signs on the body or hand are treated as marks of future queenship or royalty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The note is comparative and brief; it does not list the signs themselves.
- id: motif:8
label: battle as divine or celestial dance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The battle is likened to a Gandharva dance, with a possible interpretation
as a horrid dance of war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The note distinguishes the commentator’s musical interpretation from a
proposed warrior interpretation.
- id: motif:9
label: defeated king’s prophecy of future avenger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Anaraṇya, defeated by Rāvaṇa, predicts that Rāvaṇa will one day be slain
by Anaraṇya’s descendant Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage summarizes the story from another section rather than presenting
the full episode.
- id: motif:10
label: magic image or illusory double
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Indrajit makes a magic image of Sītā, and the note compares this with classical
examples of divine figures forming images or fictitious doubles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The function of Indrajit’s image is not fully explained in the provided
excerpt.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note supports a cautious comparison between Uttara Kuru and the Hyperboreans
as far-northern peoples associated with extraordinary longevity or paradise-like
description.
claim_level: same_function
target: Greek Hyperboreans / Megasthenes’ reference as discussed by Lassen
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim is reported through modern scholarly interpretation in the
note; the passage does not provide a direct ancient narrative parallel.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage explicitly notes similarity between a Gandharva battle-dance
expression and a Homeric expression about dancing a war-dance before Ares.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Homeric war-dance before Ares
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison concerns expression and imagery, not necessarily shared
historical origin.
- id: claim:3
claim: The passage explicitly compares Indrajit’s magic image of Sītā with classical
episodes in which Apollo or Juno forms an image or fictitious Aeneas.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Homeric and Virgilian image-double episodes involving Aeneas
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The provided excerpt gives only the comparison’s opening and does not
fully explain Indrajit’s image or the classical passages.
- id: claim:4
claim: The note compares bodily royal signs in the Ramayana context with Josephus’
account of Caesar detecting a false son of Herod by the absence of royal marks
on his hand.
claim_level: same_function
target: Josephus’ account of Caesar using chiromantic royal marks
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is limited to the function of bodily marks as indicators
of royal identity or destiny.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 59578-59602
quote_or_summary: Lassen discusses Ptolemy’s Ottorakorra as a mountain, people,
and city; he also treats Uttara Kuru as a far-northern country whose descriptions
are pictures of an ideal paradise and mentions comparison with Hyperboreans living
a thousand years.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 59606-59618
quote_or_summary: The Bengal recension has “these silvans in the forms of monkeys”;
Gorresio interprets Rāma’s monkey hosts as wild-looking inhabitants of mountainous
and southern India.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 59620-59626
quote_or_summary: A note on the line about one who “slew of old / The Serpent-Gods,
and stormed their hold” says these exploits of Rāvaṇa are detailed elsewhere.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with short phrase.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 59628-59636
quote_or_summary: The Brāhman householder ought to maintain three sacred fires,
Gārhapatya, Ahavaniya, and Dakshiṇa, used in many Brahmanical solemnities, including
funeral rites in prescribed order.
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 59638-59649
quote_or_summary: The commentator identifies Varuṇa’s daughter as Punjikasthalī
and explains that Brahmā’s curse, involving death as penalty for rape of women,
was pronounced on her account.
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 59651-59668
quote_or_summary: Sītā laments that Rāma’s body will not receive funeral rites and
prayers; a cited funeral prayer asks Earth, addressed as mother, to receive and
enfold the dead.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 59670-59678
quote_or_summary: The note mentions signs that mark the future queen and compares
them with Josephus’ report that Caesar recognized an impostor because his hand
lacked marks of royalty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 59680-59698
quote_or_summary: A battle is compared to a Gandharva dance; the note says Gandharvas
were viewed as celestial musicians but may earlier have been heroic warriors,
and adds that a Homeric expression about a war-dance before Ares is similar.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 59700-59717
quote_or_summary: Anaraṇya, descendant of Ikṣvāku and king of Ayodhyā, chooses battle
with Rāvaṇa, is defeated, says fate caused his overthrow, and predicts that Rāvaṇa
will be slain by his descendant Rāma.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 59719-59724
quote_or_summary: The note says Indrajit’s magic image of Sītā is an oriental idea
also found in Homer, where Apollo forms an image of Aeneas, and in Virgil, where
Juno forms a fictitious Aeneas to save Turnus.
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: medium
notes: The passage is a set of editorial notes and scholarly comparisons rather
than a single continuous mythic narrative. Motif extraction is strongest where
the notes explicitly summarize narrative or ritual elements.
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 taxonomy identifiers were invented. Available symbol refs were used only where directly supported by the passage.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l59578-l59724
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