The Debate of King Milinda

Select a linkPDF and Publishedr EditionsForeword and PrefaceIntroductionPrologueA Question on ConceptsThe Long JourneySustained ApplicationNibbana - Separation of PhenomenaThe Buddha - Did He Exist?Mindfulness - Attachment to the BodyMentality is Hard to Discern - MemoryThe Resolution of ParadoxesThe Psychic Powers ChapterThe Schism ChapterThe Dismissal ChapterThe Omniscience ChapterThe Dwellings ChapterThe Buddhas ChapterThe Impediments ChapterThe Vessantara ChapterThe Inference ChapterThe SimilesBibliographyGlossaryQuotations

Bibliography

Translations of the Milinda Pañha

Horner, I.B., – translator.
Milinda’s Questions, 2 Vols. Reprint, London, 1969.

Rhys Davids, T.W., – translator.
The Questions of King Milinda, Vol. XXXV. and XXXVI. Sacred Books of the East, Oxford 1890, 1894 respectively. Reprints: New York, 1973, Delhi, 1969.

Pali Texts of the Milinda Pañha

Burmese script, Chattha Sangīti Edition. Rangoon 1960.

Trenckner, V., – editor.
Roman script edition, London, 1880. Reprint, London 1962.

Jaini, Padmanabh S. – editor.
Milinda Tika, roman script edition, London 1961.

Secondary Sources

Bhikkhu Thich Minh Chau M.A. PhD. – author.
Milinda Pañha and Nāgasenabhikshusūtra, (A Comparative Study) Sole Agent: Firma K.L.M., Calcutta

Quintos, L. (R.C.) – author.
Buddhism in Dialogue (The Moral System of Buddhism According to the Milinda Pañha with a Christian Theological Reflection) Cardinal BEA Institute, Loyola School of Theology, Atteneo de Manilla University, 1977.

Rabindra Nath Basu M.A. PhD. – author.
A Critical Study of the Milinda Pañha, Firma K.L.M. Ltd, Calcutta, 1978.

Rhys Davids, Mrs. C.A.F – author.
The Milinda Questions (An Inquiry into its Place in the History of Buddhism with a Theory as to its Author), London, 1930.

Historical Sources

Smith, V.A. – author.
Asoka — The Buddhist Emperor of India, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1901.
Early History of India (Including Alexander’s Campaigns), Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1924.

Rhys Davids, T.W. – author.
Buddhism — Its History and Literature, London, 1896. Reprint, Calcutta, 1962.
Buddhist India, Calcutta, 1950. Delhi, 1971.

Law, B.C. – author.
A History of Pali Literature, Vol II, 1933, pp.353-372.
Geography of Early Buddhism

Narain, A.K. – author.
The Indo Greeks, Oxford, 1957.

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