Motif
Ambrosia conferring liberation from death and rebirth
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A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication 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 II (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 36) Book IV. Chapter 7. / Book IV. Chapter 8. / BOOK V. / THE PROBLEM OF INFERENCE.; lines 9575-9721 confidence: medium
The king asks about the ambrosia bazaar; Nagasena says an ambrosia made known by the Blessed One besprinkles gods and men like coronation anointing and frees them from rebirth, old age, disease, death, grief, lamentation, pain, sorrow, and despair.
Ambrosia made known by the Blessed One frees gods and men from rebirth, old age, disease, death, and sorrow, and is identified with active attention to corporeal things.
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