A Brief Study On The Milindapanha: In The View of History of Ayurveda
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2003
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Symposium on Buddhist Studies, Twentieth Anniversary Commemoration Volume, Thames Buddhist Vihara
Abstract
The Milindapanha is the work, which records. the
Questions asked by the king my India and • the answers
given by the Venerable Nagasena. Some traditions like
BUrmese have given more importance to the Milindapanha,"
which has been treated as a canonical text. 1 They treat it-as a
book of the K/yuddakanikaya, the fifth'. division of the
Suffapifaka. Even in India, some scholars consid& the
Milindapanha as a book of the Khuddakanikaya.2 The
Milindapanha, according to the Sri Lankan tradition, 'is not
included in the Khuddakanikaya and has been treated as an
important non-canonical work.
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King Milinda
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Ven. Dhammissara,M., A Brief Study On The Milindapañaha: In The View of History of Ayurveda, Symposium on Buddhist Studies, Twentieth Anniversary Commemoration Volume, Thames Buddhist Vihara ( 2003) .Proceedings p. 322-331