Motif
Divine purification after a wrongful killing
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. / Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love.; lines 4218-4397 confidence: high
Viśvámitra says the area was once the fertile lands Malaja and Karúsha; Indra mourned there after slaying his friend Namuchi and was soiled with mud, clay, and stain.
Indra is stained after killing Namuchi and is purified when gods and saints bathe him with holy streams.
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