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CONTENTS.
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| INTRODUCTION. |
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| Chinese books on Nâgasena | |
| The Buddhist canon | |
| Vasubandhu's reference to Nâgasena | |
| Kshemendra's reference to Milinda | |
| The Mahâvamsa on Assagutta and Vattaniya | |
| The Kathâ Vatthu | |
| Milinda and other authorities on the soul theory | |
| The Milinda later than the Kathâ Vatthu | |
| TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT. |
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| Book IV. The Solving of Dilemmas. |
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| 41st Dilemma. Why should houses (Wihâras) be built for the houseless ones? | |
| 42nd Dilemma. Was not the Buddha immoderate in food? | |
| 43rd Dilemma. Was not Bakkula said to be superior (in health) to the Buddha? | |
| 44th Dilemma. Why is the Buddha's teaching called both new and old? | |
| 45th Dilemma. Did not the Bodisat once kill animals in sacrifice? | |
| 46th Dilemma. Did not the Bodisat once abuse the Buddha? | |
| 47th Dilemma. Was not Kassapa the Buddha less powerful than the potter? | |
| 48th Dilemma. Why is the Buddha called both Brahman and king? | |
| 49th Dilemma. Did not the Buddha teach for hire? | |
| 50th Dilemma. Did not the Buddha once doubt? (See no. 34.) | |
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| 51st Dilemma. Was not the Buddha taught by others? | |
| 52nd Dilemma. Why can there be only one Buddha at a time? | |
| 53rd Dilemma. Did not the Buddha put the Order above himself? | |
| 54th Dilemma. As a layman can reach Arahatship, why enter the Order? | |
| 55th Dilemma. Did not the Buddha, having tried and abandoned asceticism, nevertheless still insist on it? | |
| 56th Dilemma. Men sometimes throw off the robes. Why not test candidates before initiation? | |
| 57th Dilemma. How is it that Arahats suffer bodily pain? | |
| 58th Dilemma. Why cannot an offender, who is not aware of his offence, enter the Path? | |
| 59th Dilemma. How can a guilty Samana purify gifts? | |
| 60th Dilemma. The 'soul' in water | |
| 61st Dilemma. Why does the Order trouble itself about learning, and about buildings and gifts? | |
| 62nd Dilemma. Why cannot a layman, who can become an Arahat, continue as one? | |
| 63rd Dilemma. How is it that an Arahat can do wrong? | |
| 64th Dilemma. What is there that is, but not in the world? | |
| 65th Dilemma. What is there that is without a cause? | |
| 66th Dilemma. Karma-born, cause-born, and season-born | |
| 67th Dilemma. What becomes of dead devils? | |
| 68th Dilemma. Why did not the Buddha promulgate all the Rules of the Order at once? | |
| 69th Dilemma. How does the sun get cool? | |
| 70th Dilemma. Why is the sun hotter in winter? | |
| 71st Dilemma. How can Vessantara's giving away of his children be approved? | |
| 72nd Dilemma. Why did the Bodisat undergo penance? | |
| 73rd Dilemma. Which is stronger, virtue or vice? | |
| 74th Dilemma. Do the dead derive advantage from gifts given here? | |
| 75th Dilemma. Dreams and sleep | |
| 76th Dilemma. Is death ever premature? | |
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| 77th Dilemma. How can there be wonders at the graves of Arahats? | |
| 78th Dilemma. Cannot all men be converted? | |
| 79th Dilemma. Is Nirvâna all bliss, or partly pain? | |
| 80th Dilemma. The form, figure, duration, &c., of Nirvâna | |
| 81st Dilemma. The realisation of Nirvâna | |
| 82nd Dilemma. The place of Nirvâna | |
| Book V. The Problem of Inference. |
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| § 1. How can you know that the Buddha ever lived? | |
| 4. The ordinary city, and its architect, shops, and inhabitants | |
| 5. The City of Righteousness, and its architect | |
| 6. The flower bazaar therein | |
| 7. The perfume bazaar therein | |
| 8. The fruit bazaar therein | |
| 10. The antidote bazaar therein | |
| 11. The medicine bazaar therein | |
| 12. The ambrosia bazaar therein | |
| 13-20. The jewel bazaar therein, and the seven jewels of the Truth | |
| 21. The general store bazaar therein | |
| 22. The inhabitants of the City of Righteousness | |
| 23. The generals in the City of Righteousness | |
| The chaplains in the City of Righteousness | |
| The lamplighters in the City of Righteousness | |
| The peace-officers in the City of Righteousness | |
| The shop-keepers in the City of Righteousness | |
| The drunkards (!) in the City of Righteousness | |
| The watchmen in the City of Righteousness | |
| The lawyers and judges in the City of Righteousness | |
| The bankers in the City of Righteousness | |
| 24. The conclusion drawn by inference | |
| Book VI. The Voluntary Extra Vows. |
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| § 1. Can laymen attain Nirvâna? | |
| 6. The twenty-eight advantages of the vows | |
| 7. The eighteen good qualities that come from keeping them | |
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| § 10. No Arahatship without having kept them | |
| 12-15. Similes | |
| 16. He who, being unworthy, takes the vows | |
| 18. He who, being worthy, takes the vows | |
| 20. Details of the thirteen extra vows | |
| 24. The example of Upasena | |
| 25. The thirty graces of the true recluse | |
| 26. The example of Sâriputta | |
| Book VII. Similes of Arahatship. |
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| § 11. Detailed list of these similes, sixty-seven being still preserved, and thirty-eight being now lost | |
| 19. Wonders at the conclusion of Nâgasena's solution of the three hundred and four puzzles | |
| 20. Conversion of Milinda the king | |
| 21. Milinda enters the Order, and becomes an Arahat | |
| Additions and Corrections | |
| Index of Proper Names | 379 |
| Index of Subjects | 381 |
| Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East | 385 |
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