Motif
Ascetic curse causing bodily and social transformation
ascetic_curse_causing_bodily_and_social_transformation
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech 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 LIV. The Battle. / Canto LV. The Hermitage Burnt. / Canto LVII. Trisanku. / Canto LVIII. Trisanku Cursed.; lines 7468-7567 confidence: high
“Be to a vile Chaṇḍála turned!”
Vaśishṭha’s children curse Triśanku to become a Chaṇḍála, and the following description presents a changed outcast appearance that terrifies his followers.
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