Motif
Celestial performance entrancing human guests
celestial_performance_entrancing_human_guests
A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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 22609-22779 confidence: high
Kuvera sends twenty thousand ornamented nymphs, and twenty thousand heavenly maids come from Nandan; Gandharva kings including Tumburu, Nārada, Gopa, and Sutanu sing, and named Apsarases dance for Bharat.
Divine nymphs, heavenly maids, Gandharva kings, and Apsarases sing and dance; men are entranced by glances and Bharat is delighted by song.
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