Motif
recognition tokens from the abducted beloved
recognition_tokens_from_the_abducted_beloved
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family, within the sub-family Material Tokens, Rings, and Talismans. 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 LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.; lines 37951-38127 confidence: high
Sugriva reports seeing Ravana carry a struggling woman through the clouds as she cried Rama’s and Lakshman’s names; she threw down her outer robe and anklets toward Sugriva and two companions, who found and kept them.
Sita drops robe and anklets during the abduction; Sugriva preserves them and gives them to Rama, and Lakshman recognizes the anklets.
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