Motif
Concealed identity exposed during communal admission
concealed_identity_exposed_during_communal_admission
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs 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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Vinaya Texts, Part I: The Patimokkha, The Mahavagga I-IV (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 13) T24 MAHAVAGGA. I, 18. / T54 MAHAVAGGA. 1,25,7. / I, 39, 2. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. IQI / I, 54, 5. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 2OQ; lines 10272-10353 confidence: medium
The serpent, in the shape of a youth, goes to the Bhikkhus and asks for pabbaajja; the Bhikkhus confer pabbaajja and upasampada on him.
A being not appearing as it truly is receives ordination and is later discovered when his natural serpent body fills the vihara; the Bhikkhus question him and report the matter.
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