Motif
strategic destruction to provoke battle
strategic_destruction_to_provoke_battle
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
-
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy. / Canto XLI. The Ruin Of The Grove.; lines 47077-47124 confidence: high
He plans to destroy the lovely grove, Rávaṇ’s “pride and joy,” a garden dear to the tyrant.
The Vánar deliberately plans to destroy Rávaṇ’s cherished grove so that Rávaṇ will become angry and send forces to fight him.
read in the book →