Motif
ritual purification before fertility-oriented rite
ritual_purification_before_fertility_oriented_rite
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. 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 VII. The Ministers. / Canto IX. Rishyasring. / Canto X. Rishyasring Invited. / Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed.; lines 2374-2464 confidence: medium
Daśaratha goes to his wives and tells them to begin lustral rites because he prepares an offering that may bear the precious fruit of sons; their faces brighten at his words.
The king instructs his wives to begin lustral rites in connection with the offering intended to produce sons.
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