Motif
dead kin imagined in the sky
dead_kin_imagined_in_the_sky
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family, within the sub-family Kin in the Sky and Blessed Kings. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK III / RAJASUYA / BOOK IV / DYUTA; lines 2082-2146 confidence: medium
Pritha remembers rocky mountains where she dwelt with Pandu, says Pandu and Madri are in the sky, calls her sons her hope, and asks her children and Draupadi not to leave her alone.
Pandu and Madri are described as dwelling or having gone to the sky, and Pandu is invoked from starry mansions.
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