{"title":"Author - Trenckner, V.","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"2082","title":"Milindapanha with Milinda-Tika","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont color=\"firebrick\"\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e PTS members must order directly from the PTS.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Milindapaha, the eighteenth book of the Khuddaka Nikaya (according to the Burmese version of the Pali canon), consists of 7 parts. The conclusion to the Milindapaha states that it contains 262 questions, though in the editions available today only 236 can be found. Although not included as a canonical text in the traditions of all the Theravadin countries, this work is much revered throughout and is one of the most popular and authoritative works of Pali Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eComposed around the beginning of the Common Era, and of unknown authorship, the Milindapaha is set up as a compilation of questions posed by King Milinda to a revered senior monk named Nagasena. This Milinda has been identified with considerable confidence by scholars as the Greek king Menander of Bactria, in the dominion founded by Alexander the Great, which corresponds with much of present day Afghanistan. Menander's realm thus would have included Gandhara, where Buddhism was flourishing at that time.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eWhat is most interesting about the Milindapaha is that it is the product of the encounter of two great civilizations  Hellenistic Greece and Buddhist India  and is thus of continuing relevance as the wisdom of the East meets the modern Western world. King Milinda poses questions about dilemmas raised by Buddhist philosophy that we might ask today. And Nagasena's responses are full of wisdom, wit, and helpful analogies.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePTS English: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Milindas-Questions-Vol-1-2_p_2084.html\"\u003eMilinda's Questions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   ","brand":"Trenckner, V.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101538160734,"sku":"PTS:132358","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/PTS_132358_1eb868ad-5c30-4dac-807e-3e1aa43c0cb1.jpg?v=1760547965"},{"product_id":"4716","title":"Critical Pali Dictionary, A Vol. III - Fascicle 1 - 8","description":"\u003cp\u003eBegun by V. Trenckner; revised, continued and edited by Dines Anderson and Helmer Smith, et al. The most complete Pali-English dictionary covering k - Ka h gotamaka. The dictionary has been discontinued after III.8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: firebrick;\"\u003eNOTE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e PTS members must order directly from the PTS.\u003c\/p\u003e         ","brand":"Trenckner, V.","offers":[{"title":"Fascicle 6","offer_id":42108838314078,"sku":"PTS:134827","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fascicle 8","offer_id":42108838346846,"sku":"PTS:134830","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fascicle 4 \u0026 5","offer_id":42108838379614,"sku":"PTS:134826","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fascicle 3","offer_id":42108838412382,"sku":"PTS:134825","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fascicle 2","offer_id":42108838445150,"sku":"PTS:134824","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fascicle 1","offer_id":42108838477918,"sku":"PTS:134823","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/134823_7a73f216-9b43-49ce-8d2d-407f35e58204.jpg?v=1760548432"},{"product_id":"2068","title":"Majjhima-Nikaya (Pali) Vol 1 - 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: firebrick;\"\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e PTS members must order directly from the PTS.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: this book is in Pali.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Majjhima Nikaya, or \"Middle-length Discourses\" of the Buddha, is the second of the five nikayas (collections) of the Sutta Pitaka. This nikaya consists of 152 discourses by the Buddha and his chief disciples, which together constitute a comprehensive body of teaching concerning all aspects of the Buddha's teachings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet of 4 volumes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVol. I (1888, 1993), ed. V. Trenckner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVol. II (1896-98, 1993; reprinted with corrections, 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVol. III (1899-1902, 1977, 1994, 2017) ed. R. Chalmers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVol. IV (2006) Index by M. Yamazaki, Y. Ousaka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1925 ed. of the Indexes by Mrs C.A.F. Rhys Davids is no longer available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePTS English: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Middle-Length-Sayings-Vol-1--3_p_6277.html\"\u003eMiddle Length Sayings 3 vol set\u003c\/a\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Middle-Length-Discourses-of-the-Buddha_p_1543.html\"\u003eMiddle Length Discourses of the Buddha\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e         ","brand":"Trenckner, V.","offers":[{"title":"4 Vol Set with Index","offer_id":42108817768542,"sku":"PTS:13427x","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Index (Pali)","offer_id":42108817801310,"sku":"PTS:134202","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vol 3","offer_id":42108817834078,"sku":"PTS:131254","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vol 2","offer_id":42108817866846,"sku":"PTS:131246","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vol 1","offer_id":42108817899614,"sku":"PTS:131238","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/PTS_13427x_3e9844bf-f5c8-423c-adb6-972de8ee22d2.jpg?v=1760582899"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/collections\/trenckner-v.oembed","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}