batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l63689-l63846
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l63689-l63846
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII.
426.; lines 63689-63846
start: '63689'
end: '63846'
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 series of translator's notes explaining names, places,
ritual practices, interpolations, mythic beings, sacred places, afterlife beliefs,
offerings, austerities, and divine or semi-divine figures mentioned elsewhere
in the translation.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A substituted passage describes a mountain adorned with many named trees that
give flowers, fruit, and shade.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Vidyadharis are glossed as spirits of air or sylphs.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A lake is said to be attached either to Amarávatí, Indra's residence, or to
Alaká, Kuvera's residence.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The heavenly Ganges is mentioned, and another lake name is glossed as a lotus-covered
lake.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:5
text: Bhogavatí is identified as the abode of the Nágas or serpent race.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:6
text: A procession into water is described in age and gender order, with the order
reversed during descent into the water and resumed on coming out.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:7
text: 'Four religious orders are listed: student, householder, anchorite, and mendicant.'
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:8
text: Gayá is described as a holy city where funeral offerings are made in honor
of ancestors.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:9
text: Put is described as a hell-region for men who leave no son to perform necessary
funeral rites; putra is explained as a deliverer from Put.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:10
text: Indian women mourning absent husbands are said to bind their hair in a long
single braid.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:11
text: Rávaṇ is described by common epithets as ten-headed, ten-necked, and ten-faced,
and as the giant king of Lanká.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:12
text: Ráhu is described as a demon who causes eclipses; a commentator says Ráhu
overthrew the sun during a battle between gods and demons, after which Atri managed
the sun for a week.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: obs:13
text: Offerings of food to created beings and clarified butter cast into the sacred
fire are mentioned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:14
text: A note says the feet of gods do not touch the ground even when they alight.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:15
text: Sacrificial spheres or mansions are described as gained by those who duly
perform required sacrifices.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: obs:16
text: Vishṇu's foot-washings are given as the source of a sacred origin.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: obs:17
text: An austerity involving four fires around the practitioner and the sun above
is mentioned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: obs:18
text: A hundred horse sacrifices are said to raise the sacrificer to the dignity
of Indra.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Vidyadharis
description: Spirits of Air or sylphs.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Indra
description: A deity associated with Amarávatí, a rainbow called Indra's bow, and
dignity attainable through a hundred horse sacrifices.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:21
- ev:20
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Kuvera
description: A deity whose residence is Alaká.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Nágas
description: The serpent race whose abode is Bhogavatí.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Garuḍ
description: The king of birds.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:22
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: The giant king of Lanká, described with ten-headed, ten-necked, and
ten-faced epithets.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ráhu
description: A demon who causes eclipses and is said to have overthrown the sun
in a battle between gods and demons.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Atri
description: A figure who, at the request of the gods, undertook management of the
sun for a week.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Vishṇu
description: A deity whose foot-washings are described as the source of a sacred
origin.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Brahmá
description: A deity from whose hair certain thumb-sized divine personages are generally
said to be produced.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:23
roles:
- id: role:1
label: air spirit
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note glosses Vidyadharis as spirits of air or sylphs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: divine resident or sovereign figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: Indra and Kuvera are associated with divine residences; Indra is also linked
with a dignity gained by sacrifice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:20
- id: role:3
label: serpent race
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note identifies the Nágas as the serpent race.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: king of birds
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The note defines Garuḍ as the king of birds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:22
- id: role:5
label: giant king
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Rávaṇ is called the giant king of Lanká.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: eclipse-causing demon
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Ráhu is described as the demon who causes eclipses and as overthrowing the
sun.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: role:7
label: temporary manager of the sun
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Atri is said to manage the sun for a week at the gods' request.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: role:8
label: deity associated with cosmic or divine origin
assigned_to:
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: Vishṇu's foot-washings and Brahmá's hair are cited as sources of sacred or
divine beings/origins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- ev:23
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: flowering and fruiting mountain
literal_form: A mountain adorned with many named trees that provide flowers, fruit,
and shade.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: heavenly or lotus-covered waters
literal_form: The heavenly Ganges and a lotus-covered lake.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: serpent abode
literal_form: Bhogavatí, the abode of the Nágas or serpent race.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: ritual water descent
literal_form: Processional descent into water and emergence from it.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: sacred fire offering
literal_form: Clarified butter and other materials cast into sacred fire.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:6
label: divine foot-washing water
literal_form: Washings of Vishṇu's feet.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: sym:7
label: austerity of fires and sun
literal_form: Four fires burning around practitioners with the sun above.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Tree-covered mountain landscape
summary: A mountain is described as adorned with many species of trees that bear
flowers, fruit, and shade.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Sacred or ritual descent into water
summary: A procession orders children, women, and men by age, reverses the order
when descending into water, and resumes the order on emerging.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Ancestral funerary obligation
summary: Gayá is identified as a holy place for funeral offerings to ancestors,
and Put is described as a hell-region from which a son delivers a father through
funeral rites.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:4
label: Eclipse and solar rescue
summary: Ráhu is identified as the eclipse demon; a commentator says that after
Ráhu overthrew the sun in a battle between gods and demons, Atri managed the sun
for a week at the gods' request.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: scene:5
label: Offerings into sacred fire
summary: Food offerings to created beings and clarified butter cast into sacred
fire are mentioned as ritual acts.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: scene:6
label: Austerity with surrounding fires
summary: An ascetic practice is described in which four fires burn around the practitioner
and the sun stands above.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: scene:7
label: Sacrifice confers Indra's dignity
summary: A hundred horse sacrifices are said to raise the sacrificer to the dignity
of Indra.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Ritual offering as sacred exchange
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- sacrifice
basis: The notes refer to food offerings to created beings, clarified butter placed
in sacred fire, funeral offerings to ancestors, and sacrifices that confer divine
status.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:15
- ev:20
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is explanatory footnote material rather than a continuous
narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Afterlife status shaped by funerary rites and sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: Put is described as a hell-region for men lacking a son to perform funeral
rites, while sacrificial spheres or mansions are gained by correct sacrifices.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:17
confidence: medium
cautions: The notes explain doctrinal background; they do not narrate a specific
journey through the afterlife.
- id: motif:3
label: Serpent race with a distinct abode
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
basis: Bhogavatí is identified as the abode of the Nágas, explicitly glossed as
the serpent race.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: Only a brief glossary-style identification is provided.
- id: motif:4
label: Solar eclipse caused by a demon
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: Ráhu is identified as the demon who causes eclipses and is said to have overthrown
the sun in a divine-demonic battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific eclipse motif; the chaos association
is broad.
- id: motif:5
label: Ascetic ordeal by fire and sun
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
- sacrifice
basis: An austerity is described with four fires around practitioners and the sun
above.
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only a note, not a full rite of initiation or narrative
transformation.
- id: motif:6
label: Sacrifice conferring divine rank
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
- royal_legitimacy
basis: A hundred horse sacrifices are said to raise the sacrificer to the dignity
of Indra.
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
confidence: medium
cautions: The note concerns ritual status and divine dignity; royal legitimacy is
possible but not fully developed in this passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 63689-63698; note 369
quote_or_summary: A substituted passage describes a mountain with mango, bamboo,
and many other trees bearing flowers, fruit, and shade.
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 63700-63700; note 370
quote_or_summary: "“Vidyadharis, Spirits of Air, sylphs.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 63702-63703; note 371
quote_or_summary: A lake is connected either with Amarávatí, Indra's residence,
or Alaká, Kuvera's residence.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: line 63705; note 372
quote_or_summary: "“The Ganges of heaven.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 63707-63707; note 373
quote_or_summary: Naliní may be the name of any lake covered with lotuses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: line 63719; note 378
quote_or_summary: "“Bhogavatí, the abode of the Nágas or Serpent race.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 63721-63726; note 379
quote_or_summary: A water procession is ordered by age and gender, reversed on descent
into water, and resumed on emergence.
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 63734-63736; note 383
quote_or_summary: The four religious orders are student, householder, anchorite,
and mendicant.
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 63740-63742; note 385
quote_or_summary: Gayá is called a holy city where funeral offerings are made in
honor of ancestors.
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 63744-63748; note 386
quote_or_summary: Put is described as a hell-region for men with no son to perform
funeral rites; putra is explained as a deliverer from Put.
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 63750-63753; note 387
quote_or_summary: Mourning women whose husbands were absent bound their hair in
a long single braid.
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 63766-63767; note 395
quote_or_summary: Ten-headed, ten-necked, and ten-faced are common epithets of Rávaṇ,
the giant king of Lanká.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 63769-63770; note 396
quote_or_summary: The spouse of Rohiṇí is the Moon, and Ráhu is the demon who causes
eclipses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 63772-63775; note 397
quote_or_summary: A commentator says that in a battle between gods and demons Ráhu
overthrew the sun, and Atri managed the sun for a week at the gods' request.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 63789-63791; notes 402-403
quote_or_summary: The notes mention a food offering to all created beings and clarified
butter cast into sacred fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: quote
locator: lines 63809-63810; note 411
quote_or_summary: "“The feet of Gods do not touch the ground.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 63815-63817; note 414
quote_or_summary: Spheres or mansions are gained by those who have duly performed
required sacrifices.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:18
type: quote
locator: line 63827; note 417
quote_or_summary: "“Sprung from the washings of Vishṇuu’s feet.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote.
- id: ev:19
type: summary
locator: line 63829; note 418
quote_or_summary: Four fires burn around them, with the sun above.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:20
type: summary
locator: lines 63835-63836; note 421
quote_or_summary: A hundred Aśvamedhas, or horse sacrifices, raise the sacrificer
to the dignity of Indra.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:21
type: summary
locator: line 63717; note 377
quote_or_summary: The rainbow is called the bow of Indra.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:22
type: summary
locator: line 63730; note 381 and line 63799; note 406
quote_or_summary: Garuḍ is identified as the king of birds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:23
type: summary
locator: lines 63822-63825; note 416
quote_or_summary: Certain thumb-sized divine personages are generally said to be
produced from Brahmá's hair, though the note gives another local interpretation.
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 source range contains footnotes and editorial explanations rather than
a single narrative passage. Literal extraction is reliable for glossary-style
details; motif candidates are necessarily broad and should be reviewed against
the underlying canto context.
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 comparison claims were added because the provided passage does not itself establish a substantive comparative mythology claim beyond isolated editorial remarks.
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