Motif
celestial glory of exceptional children
celestial_glory_of_exceptional_children
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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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 5952-6078 confidence: medium
The dialogue denies that mighty lights could be kept in a basket or box and used as plates, and says no one could keep the children of Vessantara as slaves, since they were like the moon and sun in glory.
The children of Vessantara are explicitly said to be like the moon and sun in glory.
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