batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l62092-l62214
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l62092-l62214
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES;
lines 62092-62214
start: '62092'
end: '62214'
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: A set of explanatory notes discusses the Veda as knowledge and sacred literature,
comparative Indo-European language claims, royal archery, genealogical and divine
figures, the Himalayan and celestial geography, the myth of Chandra's wives and
the lunar waning and waxing, ascetic and caste initiation symbols, Rāma-related
figures and places, and several identifications of gods, mountains, trees, ocean,
and Rāma's Bridge.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Veda is explained as meaning knowing or knowledge and as the name for
the whole body of the Brahmans' ancient sacred literature, especially four collections
of hymns.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The note claims linguistic relationships between Veda, Greek words for knowing,
and English words such as wise, wisdom, and wit.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Indian princes are said to have been carefully instructed in archery, as were
ancient Persian and Scythian princes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Kauśalyā is identified as chief of Daśaratha's three queens and mother of
Rāma.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Himālaya is explained as deriving from words meaning snow and abode, glossed
as the Mansion of snow.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The Moon, under names including Soma, Indu, and Chandra, is described as masculine
in Indian usage.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Kuvera is identified as a god of wealth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Chandra is said to have married twenty-seven daughters of Daksha, to have
favored Rohiṇī, and to have neglected the others.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Daksha cursed Chandra after repeated remonstrances, and later modified the
curse so that decay would be periodic and alternate with recovery.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The periodic decay and recovery of Chandra is offered as the explanation of
the Moon's waning and increase.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Mount Meru and Kailāsa are described as lofty northern mountains and as celebrated
in Indian traditions and myths.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The epithet dwija or twice-born is explained as linked with sacred-thread
investiture and initiation, understood as regeneration or second birth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: The absent heir's shoes are said to serve as a memorial, to maintain his right,
and in one cited passage to function as guardian deities of the kingdom.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Jaṭāyu is identified as a semi-divine bird and friend of Rāma who fought in
defense of Sītā.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: The Aśoka is described as a beautiful tree with many red blossoms.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:16
text: Brahmā is identified as the Creator and usually as the first god of the Indian
Trinity.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:17
text: Brahmā is said to have guaranteed Rāvaṇ's life against all enemies except
man.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:18
text: Ocean is identified as personified.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:19
text: Rocks between Ceylon and the mainland are said still to be called Rāma's Bridge
by Hindus.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Brahmans
description: Religious group said to give the name Veda to ancient sacred literature.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Chandra / Soma / Indu / the Moon
description: Masculine lunar figure who marries Daksha's daughters, favors Rohiṇī,
is cursed, and undergoes periodic decay and recovery.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Daksha
description: Patriarch and father of Chandra's wives who curses and then modifies
the curse upon Chandra.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Rohiṇī
description: Favorite wife of Chandra; also identified with the fourth lunar mansion
containing Aldebaran.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Twenty-seven daughters of Daksha
description: Wives of Chandra, personifications of lunar asterisms, who complain
of neglect and later intercede for him.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Kuvera
description: Indian god of wealth, compared in the note to Plutus.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Kauśalyā
description: Chief queen of Daśaratha and mother of Rāma.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Daśaratha
description: King with three queens, named as father in relation to Kauśalyā and
Rāma.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Rāma
description: Son of Kauśalyā; associated with an absent heir's shoes, Jaṭāyu, and
Rāma's Bridge.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:15
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Jaṭāyu
description: Semi-divine bird and friend of Rāma who fought for Sītā.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Sītā
description: Figure defended by Jaṭāyu.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Brahmā
description: Creator and god of the Indian Trinity who guaranteed Rāvaṇ's life except
against man.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Rāvaṇ
description: Recipient of Brahmā's guarantee of life against all enemies except
man.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Ocean
description: Ocean personified.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Śiva
description: Third god of the Indian Triad, described as god of destruction and
reproduction.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Raghu
description: Celebrated ancestor of Rāma, source of the appellation Rāghava.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
roles:
- id: role:1
label: keepers or namers of sacred literature
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note says the Brahmans give the name Veda to their ancient sacred literature.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: lunar husband
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Chandra is said to marry the twenty-seven daughters of Daksha.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: cursed celestial body
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Daksha curses Chandra, producing periodic decay and recovery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: cursing father-in-law
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Daksha curses his son-in-law Chandra after his remonstrances fail.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: favored lunar wife
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Rohiṇī is named as Chandra's favorite wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: neglected wives and intercessors
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The wives complain of neglect and later intercede for Chandra.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: wealth deity
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Kuvera is identified as god of wealth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: royal mother
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Kauśalyā is identified as chief queen and mother of Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: royal father or husband
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Daśaratha is named in relation to his queens and Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: heir and bridge eponym
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Rāma is the heir whose shoes maintain his right and is named in Rāma's Bridge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:15
- id: role:11
label: defending semi-divine bird
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Jaṭāyu is said to fight in defense of Sītā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: defended woman
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Sītā is the person Jaṭāyu defends.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:13
label: creator and boon-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Brahmā is the Creator and guarantor of Rāvaṇ's life against most enemies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:14
label: protected being with exception
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Rāvaṇ is protected against all enemies except man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:15
label: personified natural entity
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The note identifies Ocean as personified.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: role:16
label: god of destruction and reproduction
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Śiva is described with this function in the Indian Triad.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: role:17
label: royal ancestor
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Raghu is described as a celebrated ancestor of Rāma.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Veda as knowledge
literal_form: name meaning knowing or knowledge applied to sacred literature
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Moon's periodic decay and recovery
literal_form: lunar waning and increase explained through Chandra's curse
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: Himālaya as Mansion of snow
literal_form: snow abode or mountain range name
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: Meru and Kailāsa
literal_form: lofty northern mythic mountains
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: sacred thread and second birth
literal_form: investiture with sacred thread and initiation as regeneration
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: heir's shoes
literal_form: shoes serving as memorial, rights-token, and guardian deities
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: Aśoka tree
literal_form: tree with profuse red blossoms
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:8
label: Ocean personified
literal_form: Ocean treated as a personified being
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:9
label: Rāma's Bridge
literal_form: rocks between Ceylon and the mainland called Rāma's Bridge
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Veda as ancient knowledge
summary: The note defines Veda as knowledge and as the body of ancient sacred literature,
with linguistic comparisons to Greek and English words.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Chandra's curse and the lunar cycle
summary: Chandra marries Daksha's daughters, favors Rohiṇī, neglects the others,
is cursed by Daksha, and receives a modified curse producing periodic decay and
recovery.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Northern mythic mountains
summary: Meru and Kailāsa are located in lofty regions north of the Himālayas and
described as celebrated in Indian tradition and myth.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Initiation as second birth
summary: The note explains dwija as twice-born and links sacred-thread investiture
and initiation with regeneration or second birth.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Shoes preserving royal right
summary: The shoes of the absent heir serve as memorial, maintain his right, and
are described as guardian deities of the kingdom.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Jaṭāyu defends Sītā
summary: Jaṭāyu, a semi-divine bird and friend of Rāma, fights in defense of Sītā.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Brahmā's guarantee to Rāvaṇ
summary: Brahmā guarantees Rāvaṇ's life against all enemies except man.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: scene:8
label: Rāma's Bridge named in landscape
summary: Rocks between Ceylon and the mainland are identified as Rāma's Bridge.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sacred knowledge as ancient textual inheritance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Veda is defined as knowledge and as the ancient sacred literature of the
Brahmans.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a note defining a term, not a narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: lunar waning and waxing caused by curse and mitigation
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
- divine_judgment
basis: Chandra's neglect of his wives leads Daksha to curse him; the curse is mitigated
into alternating decay and recovery, explaining the Moon's phases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy label seasonal_cycle is approximate because the passage concerns
a lunar, not seasonal, periodic cycle.
- id: motif:3
label: sacred or cosmic northern mountains
taxonomy_refs:
- cosmic_mountain
basis: Meru and Kailāsa are described as lofty northern mountains celebrated in
Indian traditions and myths.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The note is geographic and comparative rather than a full mountain-as-axis
narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: ritual initiation as second birth
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Sacred-thread investiture and religious initiation are described as regeneration
or second birth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives an explanatory note rather than an initiation scene.
- id: motif:5
label: royal legitimacy preserved by proxy object
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The absent heir's shoes function as memorial, maintain his right, and are
treated as guardian deities of the kingdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The note refers to a broader episode not narrated here.
- id: motif:6
label: animal or bird ally defends a threatened woman
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Jaṭāyu is a semi-divine bird and friend of Rāma who fights in defense of
Sītā.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The combat and threat are only briefly referenced in a note.
- id: motif:7
label: divine boon with fatal exception
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Brahmā guarantees Rāvaṇ's life against all enemies except man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the protection and exception but does not narrate its
outcome.
- id: motif:8
label: heroic bridge fixed in sacred geography
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The rocks between Ceylon and the mainland are named Rāma's Bridge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
confidence: medium
cautions: The note identifies the place-name but does not narrate the bridge's construction.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note compares the word Veda with Greek and English words for knowing,
wisdom, and wit.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Greek οίδα and English wise, wisdom, wit
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is a linguistic comparison supplied by the note, not a motif comparison.
- id: claim:2
claim: The note frames Sanskrit and English as related languages and places India,
Persia, Greece, Italy, and Germany within a shared Aryan or Indo-European inheritance.
claim_level: common_inheritance
target: Indo-European language and ancestry claim
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The terminology and racial framing reflect nineteenth-century scholarship
and require review before reuse.
- id: claim:3
claim: Indian princely instruction in archery is compared with that of ancient Persian
and Scythian princes.
claim_level: same_function
target: ancient Persian and Scythian royal archery training
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison concerns military education, not a developed mythic
motif in this passage.
- id: claim:4
claim: Kuvera is compared to Plutus as a god of wealth.
claim_level: same_function
target: Plutus
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The note gives only a functional equivalence, without shared narrative
evidence.
- id: claim:5
claim: Meru and Kailāsa are compared to Olympus as Indian Olympi.
claim_level: same_function
target: Olympus / Olympian divine mountain pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim is metaphorical and comparative; no historical contact is
implied by the passage.
- id: claim:6
claim: The Moon's masculine gender in Indian usage is compared with German usage.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: German grammatical or cultural gendering of the Moon
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage states the comparison briefly and does not develop a mythic
parallel.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 62092-62105
quote_or_summary: Veda is defined as knowing or knowledge, applied by Brahmans to
ancient sacred literature and to four hymn collections; it is compared with Greek
and English words for knowing and wisdom.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 62119-62122
quote_or_summary: Indian princes, like ancient Persian and Scythian princes, are
said to have been carefully instructed in archery as the chief branch of military
science among Hindu heroes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: '62124'
quote_or_summary: Kauśalyā is identified as chief of Daśaratha's three queens and
mother of Rāma.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 62126-62127
quote_or_summary: Himālaya is etymologized from words for snow and abode and glossed
as the Mansion of snow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 62129-62130
quote_or_summary: The Moon, with names Soma, Indu, and Chandra, is said to be masculine
among Indians as among Germans.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: '62132'
quote_or_summary: Kuvera is identified as the Indian Plutus, or god of wealth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 62138-62155
quote_or_summary: Chandra marries Daksha's twenty-seven daughters, favors Rohiṇī,
neglects the rest, is cursed by Daksha, and receives a modified curse of periodic
decay and recovery explaining the Moon's wane and increase.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 62164-62172
quote_or_summary: Mount Meru, like Kailāsa, is placed in lofty regions north of
the Himālayas; Meru and Kailāsa are called the two Indian Olympi and celebrated
in Indian traditions and myths.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 62177-62180
quote_or_summary: Dwija or twice-born is explained as usually applying to Brahmans
and to the three higher castes; sacred-thread investiture and initiation are regarded
as regeneration or second birth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 62182-62184
quote_or_summary: The absent heir's shoes are described as a memorial and means
to maintain his right; Kālidāsa is cited saying they were guardian deities of
the kingdom.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 62186-62187
quote_or_summary: Jaṭāyu is identified as a semi-divine bird, friend of Rāma, who
fought in defense of Sītā.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 62198-62199
quote_or_summary: The Jonesia Aśoka is described as a beautiful tree bearing many
red blossoms.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 62201-62210
quote_or_summary: Brahmā the Creator is usually regarded as first god of the Indian
Trinity; Brahmā guaranteed Rāvaṇ's life against all enemies except man.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: '62212'
quote_or_summary: Ocean is identified as personified.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: '62214'
quote_or_summary: The rocks between Ceylon and the mainland are said to still be
called Rāma's Bridge by Hindus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: 62174-62175
quote_or_summary: Śiva is identified as the third god of the Indian Triad and god
of destruction and reproduction.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: 62189-62193
quote_or_summary: Raghu is described as a celebrated ancestor of Rāma, whose common
appellation Rāghava means descendant of Raghu.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: 62107-62117
quote_or_summary: The quoted note presents Sanskrit and English as related languages
and describes India, Persia, Greece, Italy, and Germany as Indo-European or Aryan
spiritual kin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: This range consists mainly of translator/editorial footnotes rather than
continuous epic narrative. Several motif identifications are based on brief explanatory
references and need human review, especially nineteenth-century comparative-language
and racial terminology.
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 references were limited to the provided motif-family and symbol lists; some plausible motifs were left without taxonomy refs where no supplied category fit securely.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l62092-l62214
passage_sha256=e8db977ee95284790d2aa5326a4271bc9a3533a5831379f29001a833d3bea42f