Motif
alliance mustering before impending war
alliance_mustering_before_impending_war
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK VI / GO-HARANA / BOOK VII / UDYOGA; lines 3531-3676 confidence: high
Drupad advises sending heralds to seek alliances among monarchs and nations, while also placing peace and friendship before Duryodhan through his priest at Hastina; if Indra-prastha is rendered there will be peace, otherwise troops will move across the empire.
Drupad commands heralds to seek alliances from monarchs, chieftains, nations, and warlike races in every direction.
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