Motif
Animal communicates a request for sacred construction
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A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Miraculous Buildings, Temples, and Halls. 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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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 17199-17302 confidence: medium
The king sends Mahinda to learn why the state elephant refused food; Mahinda finds that the elephant wants a Dāgaba built, and the king has the temple built at once.
The state elephant refuses food because it wants a Dāgaba built, and the king responds by building the temple.
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