Motif
Child imitation of sacred architecture
child_imitation_of_sacred_architecture
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature AFTER A BATHE. / BOYS WITH RAIN-CAPES. / BUDDHIST MONK. / COUNTING ON THE FINGERS; lines 2764-2804 confidence: high
Boys in yellow robes live at the monastery; after morning studies monks may leave them to play in an open space outside the monastery walls near a stream.
Boys in yellow robes make mud or sand forms shaped as miniature pagodas during monastery play.
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