Motif
mourning procession to the battlefield
mourning_procession_to_the_battlefield
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 5957-6107 confidence: high
After Duryodhan's death concludes the war, Dhrita-rashtra is described as sonless and sorrow-stricken; he asks that his royal car be yoked and that Gandhari and the Kuru women be summoned to the war-field.
A bereaved king leads royal women and citizens from the city to the place where their dead kin and warriors lie.
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Maha-bharata BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 5963-6113 confidence: high
Dhrita-rashtra, father of a hundred sons and now sonless, asks for his royal car and says he will meet his princes in the silent field of war; he commands Gandhari, the Kuru women, and spouses of departed warriors to be summoned.
The bereaved king summons the Kuru women, who leave the palace and city with citizens to visit the field where their kin lie dead.
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