Motif
deity in disguise performs miraculous construction
deity_in_disguise_performs_miraculous_construction
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Miraculous Buildings, Temples, and Halls. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4436-4521 confidence: high
Indra sees Suruci with the divine eye, decides to go and share his merit, assumes the form of a carpenter with an axe, and offers to build a hall for hire.
Indra assumes the form of a carpenter and creates a vast jeweled hall and furnishings by miraculous power.
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