Motif
Bodily signs of grief after a sacrificial gift
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Questions of King Milinda, Part II (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 36) Chapter 5. / P-5)- / Book IV. Chapter 7. / Book IV. Chapter 8.; lines 5834-5949 confidence: medium
After giving away wife and children, Vessantara enters a leaf hut and sits; heavy grief falls on him, his heart becomes hot, his breath comes through his mouth, and tears roll from his eyes in drops of blood.
After giving away his wife and children, Vessantara's grief is expressed through a hot heart, strained breath through the mouth, and tears in drops of blood.
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