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4.Tesu sāmaṇero jambudīpe sāgalanagare milindo nāma rājā ahosi paṇḍito byatto medhāvī paṭibalo atītānāgatapaccuppannānaṃ mantayogavidhānakiriyānaṃ [samantayoga … (sī. pī.)], karaṇakāle nisammakārī hoti, bahūni cassa satthāni uggahitāni honti.
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The novice became King Milinda, and the monk became Venerable Nāgasena. In addition to being successful in the battlefield King Milinda was a scholar who mastered the arts and sciences prevailing during his period.
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Of the two the novice became the king of the city of Sāgala in India, Milinda by name, learned, eloquent, wise, and able; and a faithful observer, and that at the right time, of all the various acts of devotion and ceremony enjoined by his own sacred hymns concerning things past, present, and to come. Many were the arts and sciences he knew
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Из них двоих послушник стал в городе Сагале на материке Джамбу23 царем по имени Милинда, образованным, способным, ученым, одаренным. Он тщательно и в должное время исполнял все обряды, действия и ритуалы, относящиеся к прошлому, будущему и настоящему24. Ему были ведомы многие науки,
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Seyyathidaṃ, suti sammuti saṅkhyā yogā nīti visesikā gaṇikā gandhabbā tikicchā dhanubbedā [catubbedā (sī. pī.)] purāṇā itihāsā jotisā māyā ketu [hetu (sī. pī.)] mantanā yuddhā chandasā buddhavacanena [chandasāmuddavacanena (sī. pī.)] ekūnavīsati, vitaṇḍavādī [vādī (sī. pī.)] durāsado duppasaho puthutitthakarānaṃ aggamakkhāyati, sakalajambudīpe milindena raññā samo koci nāhosi yadidaṃ thāmena javena sūrena paññāya, aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo anantabalavāhano.
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He had a searching mind and would seek leaders of various schools of thought and ask probing questions pertaining to metaphysics.14
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—holy tradition and secular law; the Sāṅkhya, Yoga, Nyāya, and Vaiśeshika systems of philosophy; arithmetic; music; medicine; the four Vedas, the Purāṇas, and the Itihāsas; astronomy, magic, causation, and spells; the art of war; poetry; conveyancing —in a word, the whole nineteen. As a disputant he was hard to equal, harder still to overcome; the acknowledged superior of all the founders of the various schools of thought. And as in wisdom so in strength of body, swiftness, and valour there was found none equal to Milinda in all India. He was rich too, mighty in wealth and prosperity, and the number of his armed hosts knew no end.
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а именно: шрути, предание, санкхья, йога, политика, вайшешика, арифметика, музыка, врачевание, четыре веды, древние сказания и были, астрономия, колдовство, логика, совещания, военное искусство, стихосложение и счет на пальцах – одним словом, девятнадцать наук25. В диспутах несравненный и не превзойденный26, он выделялся среди многих учителей разных толков27. И на всем материке Джамбу некому было в силе, ловкости, мужестве, мудрости сравниться с царем Милиндой – богатый, зажиточный, состоятельный, предводитель рати несметной28.
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