Motif
rival heroes first meeting as foes
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 XII / ASWA-MEDHA / CONCLUSION / TRANSLATOR'S EPILOGUE; lines 7089-7179 confidence: high
The passage lists striking scenes: the tournament where Arjun and Karna first become foes, Draupadi's bridal, Yudhishthir's coronation and Sisupala's death, the dice game, forest life, cattle-lifting in Matsyaland, and speeches in the war council.
The tournament episode is summarized as Arjun and Karna first meeting and marking each other as foes.
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