Motif
punitive bodily disfigurement as a visible mark
punitive_bodily_disfigurement_as_a_visible_mark
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation.; lines 28687-28811 confidence: high
Rāma stops Śūrpaṇakhā’s purpose, rebukes Lakṣmaṇ for jesting with a savage wrathful creature, and orders that she be marked and disfigured.
Rāma commands that the fiend not escape without a mark to mar her shape, and Lakṣmaṇ cuts off her nose and ears.
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