Motif
beloved mirrored in natural imagery
beloved_mirrored_in_natural_imagery
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing 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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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 23206-23349 confidence: medium
Rāma describes flowering shade, gum from trees torn by elephants, cicadas, kites, bhringrāj and koïl calls, his mother mourning at home, and a creeper around a mango as like Sītā’s embrace.
Rāma’s speech links Sītā with natural scenes, especially the comparison between a creeper clinging to a mango and Sītā’s arms around him.
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