Milinda Panha (redirect from Milindapañha)
The Milindapañha (lit. 'Questions of Milinda') is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD. It purports to record a dialogue...
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Chinese and Pali Buddhist records, such as Milindapanha and the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhāra. The Milindapanha describes a conversation between a Buddhist...
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org. Retrieved 2024-04-09. "The Blessed One's City of Dhamma: From the Milindapañha", based on the translation by I.B. Horner. Access to Insight (Legacy...
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Milinda), the Indo-Greek king of northwestern India, are recorded in the Milindapañhā and the Sanskrit Nāgasenabhiksusūtra. According to Pali accounts, he...
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Buddhist Mahāvastu (1.259f) and the Divyāvadāna, as well as the Theravadin Milindapañha, describe the marks of the chakravarti as ruler: uṣṇīṣa, chhatra "parasol"...
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Yona (section Milindapanha)
The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit, were used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana"...
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legends written centuries later are inconsistent. Buddhist texts such as Milindapanha claim Magadha was ruled by the Nanda dynasty, which, with Chanakya's...
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Cariyāpiṭaka Jātaka Niddesa Paṭisambhidāmagga Nettipakaraṇa Peṭakopadesa Milindapañha 3. Abhidhamma Piṭaka 1. Dhammasaṅgaṇī 2. Vibhaṅga 3. Dhātukathā 4. Puggalapaññatti...
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Paracanonical texts (Theravāda) (section Milindapañhā)
Guidance") Petakopadesa (abbrev. "Peṭ"; "Instructions on the Tipitaka") Milindapañha (abbrev. "Mil"; "Questions of Milinda") The Suttasamgaha includes selected...
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Theravada text outside of the Tipitaka canon of scriptures, along with the Milindapañha. According to Nanamoli Bhikkhu, the Visuddhimagga is "the hub of a complete...
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literature, the 80 minor characteristics are found in the Apadāna and the Milindapañha. Some scholars believe the 80 minor characteristics were an early development...
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phenomena as impermanent, suffering and without self. Gethin refers to the Milindapanha, which states that sati brings to mind the dhammas and their beneficial...
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addition to the discourses and verses, there are also Jātaka tales, the Milindapañhā, and parts of the monastic discipline that deal with Aṅgulimāla, as well...
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The Mahāvastu (1.259f) and the Divyāvadāna, as well as the Theravadin Milindapañha, describe the marks of the cakravartin, an idealised world-ruler: uṣṇīṣa...
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attributable to this tradition have been recovered. Some texts (such as the Milindapanha) may have been composed in India before being transmitted to Sri Lanka...
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N.K.G. (2001). The Questions of King Milinda: An Abridgement of the Milindapañha. Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 955-24-0067-8 Nattier, Jan...
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whereby the true nature of phenomena can be seen. Sharf refers to the Milindapañha, which said that the arising of sati calls to mind the wholesome dhammas...
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expansion. The Indo-Greeks, in particular Menander I who is said in the Milindapanha to have converted to Buddhism, also possibly received the help of Indian...
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ideas seized at the moment of death are particularly significant." The Milindapañha, a paracanonical Theravāda text, offers some interpretations of karma...
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Cariyāpiṭaka Jātaka Niddesa Paṭisambhidāmagga Nettipakaraṇa Peṭakopadesa Milindapañha 3. Abhidhamma Piṭaka 1. Dhammasaṅgaṇī 2. Vibhaṅga 3. Dhātukathā 4. Puggalapaññatti...
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of King Milinda, part 1/2 Milindapañha 36 Bud 1894 T. W. Rhys Davids The Questions of King Milinda, part 2/2 Milindapañha 37 Zor 1892 E. W. West Pahlavi...
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Cariyāpiṭaka Jātaka Niddesa Paṭisambhidāmagga Nettipakaraṇa Peṭakopadesa Milindapañha 3. Abhidhamma Piṭaka 1. Dhammasaṅgaṇī 2. Vibhaṅga 3. Dhātukathā 4. Puggalapaññatti...
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in camp while on campaign, thereby differing with the version of the Milindapanha. Plutarch gives Menander as an example of benevolent rule, contrasting...
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the earliest texts. When found in later texts (e.g., the paracanonical Milindapañha), it generically refers to state (of mind), character or truth. In the...
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Menander in particular is described as a convert to Buddhism in the Milindapanha. The Hindu text of the Yuga Purana, which describes Indian historical...
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Cariyāpiṭaka Jātaka Niddesa Paṭisambhidāmagga Nettipakaraṇa Peṭakopadesa Milindapañha 3. Abhidhamma Piṭaka 1. Dhammasaṅgaṇī 2. Vibhaṅga 3. Dhātukathā 4. Puggalapaññatti...
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2019. Retrieved 30 May 2021. Rock Edict Nb13 (S. Dhammika) "(In the Milindapanha) Menander is declared an arhat", McEvilley, p. 378. Simmons, Caleb; Sarao...
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texts: the Paṭisambhidāmagga, the Peṭakopadesa, the Nettippakaraṇa, the Milindapañha and the Buddhavaṃsa." Gal (p. 10) speculates that the use of the term...
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Cariyāpiṭaka Jātaka Niddesa Paṭisambhidāmagga Nettipakaraṇa Peṭakopadesa Milindapañha 3. Abhidhamma Piṭaka 1. Dhammasaṅgaṇī 2. Vibhaṅga 3. Dhātukathā 4. Puggalapaññatti...
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just as Menander I was, according to the ancient Buddhist scripture the Milindapanha. On the other hand, the name Menander could well have been popular in...
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