# Inspector task sheet

Manas: the dream that calls an epic narrator

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Manas: the dream that calls an epic narrator, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Compare consented first-person accounts with dated recordings and training histories. Preserve a narrator’s exact attribution and distinguish dream content recalled later from an earlier written record. Analyse performance versions without assuming every narrator uses identical text or technique.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare dated biographical accounts, recordings and training. Separate a personal interpretation from any specific independently testable prediction. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

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