The Questions of King Milinda
Translated by T. W. Rhys Davids
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1890, Vol. 35 (1890); vol. 36 (1894)
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About this text
A dialogue between the Indo-Greek king Milinda (Menander) and the monk Nāgasena, preserved in Pali. Its image of the chariot, nothing apart from its parts yet rightly named, became the classic illustration of non-self.
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The Questions of King Milinda: Sacred Books of the East, vols. 35 and 36. Translated by T. W. Rhys Davids. Vol. 35 (1890); vol. 36 (1894). Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1890.
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