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(^TD?56iOo namarupan) Great King, are conceived. But, 

 Lord Nagasena, are this same body and mind (eooStf^Oo 

 namarupan) conceived ? No, Great King, this same body 

 and mind are not conceived : but by this body and mind 

 good or evil actions are performed, and in consequence of 

 these actions another body and soul are conceived Oj^) 

 4$®3\®-&) ep%5e<sxio eo)©d\Oo c3§es^55D<^ tena kammena 

 annyan namarupan patisandahati.) 



To remove all doubt the King enquires, saying " Lord Na- 

 gasena, you have spoken of ^oQdx.Co namarupan. Of 

 these what is Nama and what is Rupan ? Great King, is 

 any thing material (S)Q 3 2£o olarikan) that is Bupa. Is 

 any thing immaterial (g^©a sukuma) the thoughts, they 

 are Nama." Thus namarupan is represented as constituting 

 the whole man, body and soul, and the doctrine clearly laid 

 down is one of antecedents and consequents. (42) A man per^ 

 forms good or bad actions : this is the antecedent. Because 

 of these actions another Being, another body and mind are 

 produced : this is the consequent. They are in no sense 

 the same : the latter is a result of the former, but there is 

 no transmigrating soul. The King does not appear satis- 

 fied, and prosecutes his enquiries: saying, " Lord Nagasena, 

 does conception take place without any being transmigrat- 

 ing ? Yes, Great King, conception takes place without 

 any Being transmigrating. How does this take place ? ex- 

 plain it by a metaphor. Great King, a man lights one 

 lamp from another lamp : does the one lamp transmigrate 

 to the other lamp ? No, my Lord. In the same way, Great 

 King, conception takes place without transmigration." 



(42.) Milinda is referred to in Manoratkepureni comment on 

 Anguttara Nikaya, page @. 



