Motif
birth beside a responsive sacred tree
birth_beside_a_responsive_sacred_tree
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5332-5432 confidence: medium
The Lumbini grove of sal-trees lies between the towns and is full of fruits, flowers, bees, and birds; the queen wishes to enter it.
The birth occurs in the Lumbini sal-tree grove, where the monarch sal-tree branch bends within reach and is held by the queen during delivery.
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