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Milinda. Nagasena replied, " Not only will I humble him, but all the 

 princes of the world, should they confront me." 



As it was the rainy season, Nagasena went to visit Assagutta, a 

 Muni, and said to him, " I have been sent by my Guru with his respects : 

 you know his name and he knows your's." But although the young 

 priest staid three months with the Muni, the latter did not converse 

 with him (on religious matters), but advised him to go to Asokorama 

 or Wihar, or monastery at Pataliputra, where, he added, resided the 

 priest Dhammarakit — where religious instruction would be given to 

 him. This place he said was distant one hundred yojana. 



Before Nagasena set out an old woman who was cook to Agragutta 

 [was this not a forbidden luxury to devotees ?] on listening to Negase- 

 na's recital of the Purm Dhurm, became inspired, or a Soda patimagha. 



He consequently joined a caravan of 500 carts which were under a 

 merchant, Pataliputta Kosethi, who received religious instruction from 

 Nagasena and became Soda Patimar. 



"When Negasena had reached Asokarama, he found there a learned 

 Bhiku named Tissadatta, who had come from Lanka. These two paid 

 a visit to Dhammarakit, and they were taught together by him the Pali 

 Digha Nikaya. In three months they were perfect. Nagasena now 

 became an Arahan, when the earth quaked, &c. After this, at the desire 

 of the multitudes of Arahans of Himala, he returned to them. Here 

 he received instructions to proceed to Sagal and humble the pride of 

 Milinda Raja. He was on this occasion escorted by 80,000 Arahans. 



Milinda Raja, about this time, asked his ministers if they knew any 

 learned priest. They replied, that they knew one named Ay upala, who 

 lived at the Sangkeya Pariwena. His majesty paid this priest a visit, 

 accompanied by 500 persons. In the course of the conversation which 

 ensued, the Raja tried to elicit the qualifications of his guest, but the 

 latter kept silence and retired out of respect, to his cell. The Raja 

 laughed, and asked if Jumbo Dwip held no other so learned as himself? 



In the 2nd volume the king learns the name of Nagasena, and is 

 greatly disturbed on first hearing it. He accordingly visits the priest, 

 and a long dialogue ensues, which would occupy here too much space 

 were I to insert it. 



In illustration of these remarks I shall quote the Ratana Kalapa, 

 under the head U'bhato Kotito Panha. Here it is inculcated that as 



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