Motif
Alms service before request for teaching
alms_service_before_request_for_teaching
A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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The Questions of King Milinda, Part I (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 35) KING MILINDA. / BOOK I. / I, 13. THE HERETICS OF OLD. Q / I, 19. MAHASENA THE GOD.; lines 3888-4043 confidence: medium
Nagasena takes Rohana's alms-bowl, leads him into the house, serves him food, and after the meal asks whether Rohana will teach him the hymn.
Nagasena takes Rohana's alms-bowl, leads him into the house, serves him food, and asks again for instruction after the meal.
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