Motif
desire incited through praise of a remote beloved
desire_incited_through_praise_of_a_remote_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30882-30972 confidence: medium
Sítá is described as Ráma’s large-eyed spouse, dearer than life to him, pure and moonlike, a bright goddess of the wood, and so beautiful that neither goddess nor nymph can rival her.
The speaker praises Sítá’s beauty and predicts that Káma’s shafts will strike the addressee when he sees her.
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