Milinda Panha

Milinda Panha
Milinda Panha
Type	Paracanonical Text
Parent Collection	Khuddaka Nikaya
Composition	1st Century BC - 2nd Century AD
PTS Abbreviation	Mil
	Pāli literature

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 between the Indian Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek king Menander I (Pali: Milinda) of Bactria.^[1]

The Milindapañhā is regarded as canonical in Burmese Buddhism, included as part of the book of Khuddaka Nikāya.^[2] An abridged version is included as part of Chinese Mahāyāna translations of the canon. The Milindapañha is not regarded as canonical by Thai or Sri Lankan Buddhism, however, despite the surviving Theravāda text being in Sinhalese script.

The Chinese text titled the Monk Nāgasena Sutra corresponds to the first three chapters of the Milindapañha.^[3]^: xi–xiv It was translated sometime during the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420).^[4]

^ Pesala (Bhikkhu.) (1991). The Debate of King Milinda: An Abridgement of the Milinda Pañha. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 19. ISBN 978-81-208-0893-5.
^ Milindapañha: The Questions of King Milinda (excerpts). Translated by Kelly, John. Access to Insight. 2005.
^ Cite error: The named reference RhysDavids was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Milindapanha ［ミリンダ王問経］ (Pali; Mirindaō-monkyō)". The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism.

[1] Pesala (Bhikkhu.) (1991). The Debate of King Milinda: An Abridgement of the Milinda Pañha. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 19. ISBN 978-81-208-0893-5.

[2] Milindapañha: The Questions of King Milinda (excerpts). Translated by Kelly, John. Access to Insight. 2005.

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[4] "Milindapanha ［ミリンダ王問経］ (Pali; Mirindaō-monkyō)". The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism.

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