Motif
Attempted murder by burning house and hidden escape
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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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hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK I / ASTRA DARSANA / BOOK II / SWAYAMVARA; lines 602-743 confidence: high
Yudhishthir is recognized heir-apparent; Duryodhan and his brothers plot to kill the sons of Pandu; the Pandavas and their mother escape a burning inflammable house through a subterranean passage and live disguised as Brahmans.
The Pandavas and their mother are placed in an inflammable house that is set on fire, but they escape through a subterranean passage.
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