| LC control no. | n 80017997 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Uniform title heading | Milindapañhā |
| Variant(s) | Mi-lan-tʻo wang wen ching Milindapañho Milinda's questions Mirinda-ō monkyō Mirinda-ō no toi Na-hsien ching Na-hsien pi chʻiu ching Nan chʻuan Mi-lan wang wen ching Pi chʻiu ching |
| See also | Menander, Indo-Greek king, active 2nd century B.C. |
| Found in | Tripiṭaka. Buddhist scriptures, 1913. Encyc. Brit., 15th ed.: v. 15, p. 445 (Milindapañha, a remarkable Buddhist noncanonical work in seven parts written in elegant Pali about the 1st cent. B.C. in northwestern India or Kashmir by an unknown author (or authors); Miliñda, a Bactrian Greek king, called Menander by Greek historians, is represented as questioning Nagaseña, an erudite Buddhist monk (possibly not a historical person) on important Buddhist teachings; Miliñda (in pt. IV) propounds 82 dilemmas; Nagaseña's solutions, still authoritative today; Miliñda's doubts ... dispelled, etc.; compilation of great literary charm ... long recognized as a masterpiece of Indian literature) Its The Milindapañho, 1880. Milindapañhā. Nan chʻuan Mi-lan wang wen ching, 1997. Fo kuang ta tzʻu tien, 1989: p. 3022 (Na-hsien pi chʻiu ching, short title Na-hsien ching; original title in Pali is Milindapañhā; title of Chinese translation is Mi-lan-tʻo wang wen ching) |
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