Motif
Naga as helper in procuring a remedy
naga_as_helper_in_procuring_a_remedy
A motif of the Serpent and Serpent Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Vinaya Texts, Part II: The Mahavagga V-X, The Kullavagga I-III (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 17) V, 7, I. RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. / MAHAVAGGA. V, 13, 8. / V, 13, 10. RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTIIING, SEATS, ETC. '37 / SIXTH KHANDHAKA.; lines 3376-3553 confidence: medium
Maha Moggallana vanishes from the Mandakini lake and appears in Jetavana; a Naga does likewise, causes him to receive edible lotus stalks, then returns to the lake.
The Naga facilitates the receipt of edible lotus stalks and returns to the lake after doing so.
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