Motif
Personal battle standards as identity signs
personal_battle_standards_as_identity_signs
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Recognition Tokens and Identity Signs. 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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Maha-bharata BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 4830-4970 confidence: high
The passage lists standards: Drona's water-jar on deerskin, Yudhishthir's moon and stars, Bhima's lion, Nakula's deer, Sahadeva's swan, Abhimanyu's peacock, and Ghatotkacha's vulture.
Multiple warriors are identified by distinctive animal, celestial, or object emblems on their standards, and Abhimanyu's peacock standard later falls during his isolation.
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