Motif
Harmful missiles transformed into flowers
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Divine Aid in Battle. 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 6361-6475 confidence: high
Māra sends storms of rocks, weapons, charcoal, ashes, sand, and mud; these come with smoke, flame, or heat but become heavenly flowers, sandalwood dust, or heavenly perfume at the future Buddha's feet.
Rocks, weapons, charcoal, sand, mud, and the sceptre-javelin become flowers, bouquets, perfume, sandalwood dust, or a garland-canopy near Siddhattha.
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