Motif
Heroic single combat with matched weapons
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 4680-4828 confidence: high
Salya comes as rescuer; Bhima attacks him. Bhima and Salya fight with maces, producing sparks, are compared to animals and thunder, both fall, and Salya is carried off writhing like a wounded serpent.
Bhima and Salya are described as peerless mace fighters standing face to face and striking until both fall.
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