Motif
appeal to royal authority after conflicting counsel
appeal_to_royal_authority_after_conflicting_counsel
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship 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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Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) VII, 3 , 2. / STFLLAVAGGA. / VII, 3, 4- / VII, 3, 5-; lines 11448-11489 confidence: high
Some ministers advise that neither the prince, Devadatta, nor the Bhikkhus be slain, but that the king be told and obeyed; the ministers then take the prince to Seniya Bimbisara and report what happened.
The prudent ministerial advice is to inform the king and follow his command, and the ministers take the prince to Seniya Bimbisara.
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