Motif
Miraculous multiplication of a monk
miraculous_multiplication_of_a_monk
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. / BOOK I. / END OF THE STORY ON HOLDING TO THE TRUTH. / END OF THE STORY OF THE SANDY ROAD.; lines 8418-8527 confidence: high
Little Roadling thinks he will show his brother there are monks and fills the Mango-grove with a thousand monks, each unlike the other, some making or repairing robes and some repeating Scriptures; the messenger reports the grove is alive with monks.
Little Roadling fills the Mango-grove with a thousand monks, all connected to his identity and later vanishing.
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