[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Simhasanadvatrimshika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana) › 14.p12 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 14.p12 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 14.p12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.p12) ity āśiṣam uccāryo 'ktavān: bho rājan, mama śivaliṅgapūjane niyamaḥ; mārge liṅgaṃ dhāvitam. dinatrayam upoṣaṇaṃ jātam, tarhi mahyam etac chivaliṅgaṃ dātavyam, upoṣaṇān niṣkṛtir bhaviṣyati. tac chrutvā rājā 'pi tasmai brāhmaṇāya kāśmīraliṅgaṃ dattvā nijanagaram agamat. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam avadat: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryādayo guṇā vidyante cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. etac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ. iti caturdaśākhyānam > Having told this story the statue said to the king: “O king, if you possess such magnanimity and other virtues, then mount upon this throne.” Hearing this the king was silent. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne > Here ends the fourteenth story > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.10) - [Next: 15.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.15.p1) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.14.p9) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.14.p12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.14.p12) · Pramāṇa