Motif
ordered transformation of wilderness into a ceremonial route
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Civic Order and the Body Politic. 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 LXXV. The Abjuration. / Canto LXXVI. The Funeral. / Canto LXXVII. The Gathering Of The Ashes. / Canto LXXX. The Way Prepared.; lines 21427-21513 confidence: high
Workers cut through bushes and creepers, fell stumps and trees, remove stones, raise trees in desert lands, clear shrubs, and level valleys and steep places.
Workers clear tangled growth, level terrain, bridge ravines, channel water, dig wells, place altars, and decorate the road until it resembles a divine pathway.
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