Motif
True figure identified among identical claimants
true_figure_identified_among_identical_claimants
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family, within the sub-family Failed Recognition, Rival Claimants, and Self-Revelation. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. / BOOK I. / END OF THE STORY ON HOLDING TO THE TRUTH. / END OF THE STORY OF THE SANDY ROAD.; lines 8418-8527 confidence: medium
The Buddha sends for Little Roadling; a thousand monks answer with that name. The Buddha tells the messenger to take the first who says it, and the rest disappear; the Elder returns with the messenger.
All the monks answer as Little Roadling, and the Buddha gives a procedure for identifying him by taking the first claimant by the hand, after which the rest disappear.
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