Motif
Armed champion vows to restore or defend a claimant
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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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 13451-13616 confidence: high
Lakshman urges Rama to undergo prosperous rites and says his arms, warrior's bow, shafts, and blade are meant to restrain enemies and pierce foes.
Lakshman says his weapons are for piercing foes, imagines defeating enemies, and says his strength will set Rama in the lordliest place.
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