Motif
rigged dice game causes total dispossession
rigged_dice_game_causes_total_dispossession
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family, within the sub-family Reward, Marriage, and Wager Betrayals. 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 III / RAJASUYA / BOOK IV / DYUTA; lines 1648-1791 confidence: high
Duryodhan returns from the Imperial Sacrifice jealous of Yudhishthir; Sakuni shares his hatred, is expert at false dice, and challenges Yudhishthir, who will not decline.
Sakuni is expert at false dice; Yudhishthir accepts the challenge and loses wealth, kingdom, kin, self, and Draupadi.
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