Pāli Literature: Including the Canonical Literature in Prakrit and Sanskrit of All the Hīnayāna Schools of Buddhism |
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... Milindapañha is a Pāli translation from a Sanskrit or Prakrit original composed in North India about the beginning of the Christian era.32 There is also a Chinese version , which can be dated to a time earlier than the fourth century ...
... Milindapañha is a Pāli translation from a Sanskrit or Prakrit original composed in North India about the beginning of the Christian era.32 There is also a Chinese version , which can be dated to a time earlier than the fourth century ...
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... Milindapañha deals with the solution of puzzles which arise from apparently contradictory statements made by the Buddha . These are presented in the form of 82 dilem- mas put to Nāgasena by Milinda . The texts from which extracts are ...
... Milindapañha deals with the solution of puzzles which arise from apparently contradictory statements made by the Buddha . These are presented in the form of 82 dilem- mas put to Nāgasena by Milinda . The texts from which extracts are ...
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... Milindapañha , but since the list does not agree with the contents of the edition as we know it , this raises questions about the date and form of our modern editions.148 In this connection it is to be noted that the author of the ṭīkā ...
... Milindapañha , but since the list does not agree with the contents of the edition as we know it , this raises questions about the date and form of our modern editions.148 In this connection it is to be noted that the author of the ṭīkā ...
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