Motif
Bodisat appearing across many forms and statuses
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A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Multiform Beings and Altered Bodies. 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 VI. / PLACES AT WHICH THE TALES WERE TOLD. / TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS.; lines 2939-3001 confidence: medium
The section is titled “THE BODISATS” and states that Rev. Spence Handy’s paṇḍit made an analysis of how many times the Bodisat appears in each listed character in the Buddhist Birth Stories.
The table lists the Bodisat as appearing in numerous human, divine, animal, occupational, and marginal character categories.
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