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THE QUESTIONS OF KING MILINDA. III, 7, 18.
and sat down on the seat prepared for him. And Milinda saluted the venerable Nâgasena, [89] and sat down respectfully at his side, and said to him :
Pray do not think, Sir, that I was kept awake all the rest of the night exulting in the thought of having questioned you. I was debating with myself as to whether I had asked aright, and had been rightly answered. And I concluded that I had.'
And the Elder on his part said : Pray do not suppose, great king, that I passed the rest of the night rejoicing at having answered all you asked. I too was thinking over what had been said by us both. And I came to the result that you had questioned well, and that I had rightly answered.'
Thus did these two great men congratulate each the other on what he had spoken well.
Here ends the answering of the problems of
the questions of Milinda.
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