Motif
Transgression and status-specific killing taboo
transgression_and_status_specific_killing_taboo
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 58747-58884 confidence: medium
The note says the regal or military caste was forbidden to kill an elephant except in battle, and discusses the Code of Manu’s punishment for killing a Brahman and the poem’s differing treatment of a non-Dvija hermit.
The note states caste-specific prohibitions on killing elephants and discusses the grave guilt and punishment of killing a Brahman.
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