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Milinda
Person
  • 娑竭羅國王,出生於阿羅散陀的迦羅西,與那先長老的對話錄《彌蘭陀王問經》記述了他皈依佛教的經過,被認為即是巴克特里亞的希臘王彌南德。

  • A king of Sāgala, born in Kalasi in Alasandā, whose recorded dialogues with the elder Nāgasena in the Milindapañha describe his conversion to Buddhism; he is identified with the Bactrian king Menander.

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