Motif
Slaughter of grouped royal kin
slaughter_of_grouped_royal_kin
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 4216-4366 confidence: high
Bhima is compared to a lion seeing prey; in a short fierce fight six princes flee and eight of Duryodhan's brothers fall dead.
Duryodhan's brothers and Satyaki's sons are presented as kin-groups killed in battle episodes.
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