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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 2.p8

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 2.p8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.2.p8)

iti rājānaṃ stutvā brāhmaṇasya manoratham apūrayat, tato rājā svanagaram agamat. imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā bhojarājam abravīt: bho rājan, tvayy evaṃvidham audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. iti dvitīyopākhyānam

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

> Here ends the second 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.2.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.2.p8) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.1-2) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit

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