[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) › 19.2 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 19.2 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 19.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.2) dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati, bhuṅkte bhojayate cai 'va ṣaḍvidham prītilakṣaṇam. || 2 || > 2. Giving and receiving, telling secrets and asking about them, entertaining and being entertained, are the six marks of friendship. > 3. Without a service rendered friendship can in no wise be conceived for any one. For even the gods grant the wishes of men in return for the gift of prayer. > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 19.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.p2) - [Next: 19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.3) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.19.p8) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.19.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*simplicior.2.50) — Sanskrit - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.3) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.2) · Pramāṇa