batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l63467-l63548
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l63467-l63548
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 63467-63548
start: '63467'
end: '63548'
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 consists of editorial and explanatory notes: a quoted line
on an Ikshváku custom in old age; an anecdote about Appay Deasy drowning women;
glosses on names, places, animals, trees, rivers, sacrifice, pilgrimage, and funeral
deities; a note on Ráma’s sacred landscape at Chitrakúṭ; and a comparison to Homer
in which Achilles’ horses lament Patroclus.'
language: English, with a Greek quotation in one note
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A quoted passage states that a custom belongs to Ikshváku’s line in the decline
of life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note reports that Appay Deasy made young women stand on a narrow balcony
above a reservoir and thrust one into the water to watch her drown.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Chitraratha is identified as king of the celestial choristers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A note states that bamboo is said to die after flowering.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A note states that a journey has been known for thirty centuries and is annually
traversed by thousands from Ayodhyá to Chitrakúṭ.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: One sacrifice is described as involving seventeen victims who were immolated.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: A pilgrimage to the Himálayas is described as undertaken in order to die there.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Daughter of Jahnu is given as a name of the Ganges, and another note identifies
names connected with the Jumna.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:9
text: A green hill and its surrounding region are described as especially sacred
to devotees of Ráma; headlands, caverns, fruits, and a raised footpath are associated
with his story.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:10
text: A class of deities is described as worshipped at funeral obsequies in honour
of deceased progenitors.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:11
text: A note compares the passage to Homer, where Achilles’ horses lament the death
of Patroclus slain by Hector.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:12
text: Sacrificial posts are described as posts to which victims were tied.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Appay Deasy
description: A modern Indian prince in the Belgaum anecdote who is reported to have
pushed women into a reservoir.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: young women on the balcony
description: Women made to stand on a narrow balcony and one pushed into water below.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Chitraratha
description: King of the celestial choristers.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Named as an incarnation of Vishṇu whose country and local legends are
associated with a sacred hill, headlands, caverns, fruits, and pilgrimage practice.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sítá
description: Named indirectly through Sítáphal, wild fruits reputed to be food of
the exile.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: deities worshipped at funeral obsequies
description: A class of deities, five or ten in number, worshipped in honour of
deceased progenitors.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Achilles’ horses
description: Horses said in the Homeric comparison to have lamented with bitter
tears.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Patroclus
description: The dead figure lamented by Achilles’ horses in the Homeric comparison.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Hector
description: Named as the slayer of Patroclus in the Homeric comparison.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: reported cruel prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note reports that Appay Deasy pushed a woman into a reservoir and took
pleasure in her drowning agonies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: victims in drowning anecdote
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The women are made to stand on the balcony and one is thrust into the water
below.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: celestial chorister king
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The note defines Chitraratha as king of the celestial choristers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: sacred hero or divine incarnation associated with landscape
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note calls the neighbourhood Ráma’s country and connects landmarks and
pilgrimage practice with him as an incarnation of Vishṇu.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: namesake of sacred/exile food
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The note says some wild fruits are called Sítáphal and are reputed to be
food of the exile.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: funeral-obsequy deities
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The deities are worshipped particularly at funeral obsequies in honour of
deceased progenitors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:7
label: mourning animals
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Homeric comparison says the horses lamented with bitter tears.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:8
label: slain lamented companion
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Patroclus is described as dead and slain by Hector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:9
label: slayer
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Hector is named as the one who slew Patroclus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: deep reservoir water
literal_form: water in a deep reservoir below a palace balcony
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: flowering bamboo that dies
literal_form: bamboo said to die after flowering
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: pilgrimage road from Ayodhyá to Chitrakúṭ
literal_form: road annually traversed by carts and pilgrims
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: seventeen sacrificial victims
literal_form: seventeen victims immolated at an important sacrifice
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: Himálayas as death-pilgrimage destination
literal_form: the Himálayas, destination of a pilgrimage undertaken in order to
die there
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: sacred rivers
literal_form: Ganges and Jumna names and epithets
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: Ingua tree
literal_form: a tree commonly called Ingua
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:8
label: sacrificial posts
literal_form: posts to which sacrificial victims were tied
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:9
label: Ráma’s sacred hill and footpath
literal_form: green hill, raised foot-path, and surrounding landscape visited barefoot
by devotees
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:10
label: caverns connected with Ráma
literal_form: caverns connected with Ráma’s name
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:11
label: Sítáphal fruits
literal_form: wild fruits called Sítáphal, reputed food of the exile
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:12
label: weeping horses
literal_form: horses lamenting with tears in the Homeric comparison
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Reported drowning amusement at Nipani palace
summary: Appay Deasy is reported to have made women stand on a narrow balcony above
a deep reservoir and to have pushed one into the water while watching her drown.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Annual route of hero worship from Ayodhyá to Chitrakúṭ
summary: A note describes a long-known journey annually traversed by thousands and
frames it as evidence that the Rámáyan story still lives through faith and hero
worship.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Sacrificial immolation and posts
summary: Notes describe an important sacrifice with seventeen victims and define
sacrificial posts as the posts to which victims were tied.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:14
- id: scene:4
label: Pilgrimage to die in the Himálayas
summary: A note identifies a great pilgrimage to the Himálayas undertaken in order
to die there.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Ráma’s sacred Chitrakúṭ landscape
summary: A note describes a hill and surrounding neighbourhood as sacred to devotees
of Ráma, with legends attached to headlands, caverns, fruits, and a barefoot circumambulatory
footpath.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Funeral worship of deities and progenitors
summary: A class of deities is said to be worshipped at funeral obsequies in honour
of deceased progenitors.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Homeric lament of Achilles’ horses
summary: The note cites Homer as an analogue in which Achilles’ horses lament Patroclus
after Hector has slain him.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sacred pilgrimage along a hero’s remembered route
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The note emphasizes a journey known for centuries and annually traversed
by thousands from Ayodhyá to Chitrakúṭ, tied to faith, religion, and the living
story of the Rámáyan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is an editorial note, not the epic narrative itself; the taxonomy
reference is approximate.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred landscape mapped onto a divine hero’s life
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Chitrakúṭ area is described as Ráma’s country, with headlands, caverns,
fruits, and a barefoot devotional path connected to his name and story.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No single available taxonomy label directly names sacred hero-landscape
localization.
- id: motif:3
label: pilgrimage undertaken in order to die at a sacred mountain
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- mountain
basis: A note defines a great pilgrimage to the Himálayas as being undertaken in
order to die there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The afterlife dimension is implied by the death-pilgrimage context but
not elaborated in the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: ritual sacrifice with bound victims
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: One note describes an important sacrifice with seventeen immolated victims,
and another defines sacrificial posts as posts to which victims were tied.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The notes give definitions rather than a full ritual narrative.
- id: motif:5
label: animals lamenting a slain human companion
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Homeric comparison describes Achilles’ horses weeping for Patroclus after
Hector has slain him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The cited animal lament is from the comparison passage; the underlying
Ramayana episode is not included in this excerpt.
- id: motif:6
label: funeral worship of deities for deceased progenitors
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A class of deities is described as worshipped particularly at funeral obsequies
in honour of deceased progenitors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The named class of deities is not supplied in the excerpted note.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note explicitly compares a motif in the surrounding Ramayana context
to the Homeric scene in which Achilles’ horses lament Patroclus slain by Hector.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Homeric lament of Achilles’ horses for Patroclus
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The excerpt supplies the Homeric analogue but not the full Ramayana
passage to which the footnote is attached, so the exact shared details cannot
be independently checked from this passage alone.
- id: claim:2
claim: The note treats the Appay Deasy anecdote as a more modern instance similar
to a preceding episode in the text.
claim_level: same_function
target: modern Belgaum/Nipani anecdote compared with an earlier Ramayana episode
referenced by the footnote
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The excerpt says the prince acted in a similar way, but the corresponding
epic episode is outside the provided passage.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 63467-63469
quote_or_summary: "“For such through ages in their life’s decline / Is the good
custom of Ikshváku’s line.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 63471-63480
quote_or_summary: Note 311 says an Indian prince, Appay Deasy, was reported to amuse
himself by making women stand on a narrow balcony above a reservoir and thrusting
one into the water to watch her drown.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: line 63482
quote_or_summary: "“Chitraratha, King of the celestial choristers.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: line 63484
quote_or_summary: Note 313 states that bamboo is said to die after flowering.
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 63486-63493
quote_or_summary: Note 314 says the journey has been known for thirty centuries,
is annually traversed by thousands, and includes the road from Ayodhyá to Chitrakúṭ;
it frames this as hero worship and living religious legend.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: line 63508
quote_or_summary: Note 319 identifies an important sacrifice at which seventeen
victims were immolated.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: line 63510
quote_or_summary: "“The great pilgrimage to the Himálayas, in order to die there.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: line 63516
quote_or_summary: Note 324 says Daughter of Jahnu is a name of the Ganges.
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 63520-63524
quote_or_summary: Notes identify the Jumna, Allahabad, the Langúr, a mountain east
of Meru, and another name of the Jumna as daughter of the Sun.
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 63526-63534
quote_or_summary: Note 331 describes a green hill as a very holy spot for devotees
of Ráma as an incarnation of Vishṇu; the neighbourhood is called Ráma’s country,
with headlands, caverns, Sítáphal fruits, and a raised barefoot devotional footpath
around the hill.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 63536-63538
quote_or_summary: Note 332 describes deities, five or ten in number, worshipped
particularly at funeral obsequies in honour of deceased progenitors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 63540-63548
quote_or_summary: Note 333 compares the passage to Homer, where Achilles’ horses
lament with tears after learning of Patroclus fallen in the dust, slain by Hector.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized, with no extended Greek quotation
reproduced.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: line 63514
quote_or_summary: Note 322 identifies a tree commonly called Ingua.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: line 63515
quote_or_summary: Note 323 defines sacrificial posts as posts to which victims were
tied.
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 primarily editorial footnotes and glosses, not a continuous
mythic episode. Literal extraction is reliable for the supplied notes, while motif
identification is necessarily cautious and sometimes approximate.
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 provided passage and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to supplied motif families and symbol terms; approximate motif links are noted with cautions.
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