Motif
Land named from divine pollution and cleansing
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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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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: medium
Indra, freed from stain, blesses the lands and declares that Malaja and Karúsha will be famed from the washings of his blot and care; the immortals ratify the names.
Malaja and Karúsha receive names connected to Indra's stain, malady, and cleansing washings.
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