Motif
assassination plot using a dangerous animal
assassination_plot_using_a_dangerous_animal
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser 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) DISSENSIONS IN T1IE ORDER. / VII, 3 , 7- / VII, 3 , 9 - / VII, 3, II.; lines 11609-11651 confidence: high
At Rajagaha there is an elephant named Nalagiri, described as fierce and a manslayer.
Devadatta instructs elephant-keepers to release the fierce manslaying elephant Nalagiri when Samana Gotama reaches the road.
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