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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 19.p6

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 19.p6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [19.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.19.p6)

imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam abravīt: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. rājā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva. ity ekonaviṃśopākhyānam

> Having told this story the statue said to the king: “O king, if such magnanimity is found in you, then mount upon this throne.” The king was silent.  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

> Here ends the nineteenth story  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

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## 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.p11) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.19.p6) — English, machine translation

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