Motif
Death out of due season despite remaining allotted lifespan
death_out_of_due_season_despite_remaining_allotted_lifespan
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny 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 7429-7556 confidence: high
Nagasena lists seven persons who die out of time: starving, thirsty, snake-bitten, poisoned, fallen into fire, fallen into water, and wounded by a dart.
Nagasena explicitly identifies seven persons who die before the remaining portion of their appointed age has run.
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