Motif
warrior death as honorable passage to heaven
warrior_death_as_honorable_passage_to_heaven
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family, within the sub-family Warrior Death and Heavenly Reward. 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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Maha-bharata BOOK VI / GO-HARANA / BOOK VII / UDYOGA; lines 3821-3930 confidence: medium
Duryodhan invokes Drona, Bhishma, and Karna, says Kshatra warriors slain in battle reach heaven's golden portals, and declares that a Kshatra breaks but does not yield.
Duryodhan says that Kshatra warriors slain in battle will have heaven's golden portals opened and will feel no pain in the bed of arrows.
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