The Questions of King Milinda (Part II)
Dover Publications, Inc., 1963. Unabridged republication of Volume XXXVI (1894) of the "Sacred Books of the East" published by Clarendon Press, Oxford. Translated and with an introduction by T. W. Rhys Davids. xxvii/388 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings. This edition offers indices of subjects and names, and a tables with transliteration of "Oriental alphabets."
"The Mininda Panha, or 'The Questions of the King Milinda" are a classical Pali text describing how Menander embraced the Buddhist faith while discussing with the Buddhist sage Ngasena. He is described as constantly accompanied by a guard of 500 Greek ("Yonaka") soldiers, and two of his counsellors are named Demetrius and Antiochus. This type of discussion was known to ancient Greeks as a "sozo", it is important for Buddhists to understand the cultural context in which this discussion was held."
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