Motif
Ancient sages living and reappearing across ages
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A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59057-59142 confidence: high
The note raises chronological difficulties about sages associated with Ráma, mentioning Viśvámitra, Atri, Agastya, Válmíki, Rig-Veda references, Mahá Bhárata genealogy, and the traditional explanation that sages lived thousands of years and reappeared in different ages.
Chronological contradictions are said to be reconciled by representing sages as living thousands of years and reappearing on earth in different ages.
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