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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 20.p11

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 20.p11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.20.p11)

imāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam abravīt: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṅhāsana upaviśa. tac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ. iti vinśopākhyānam

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

> Here ends the twentieth 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.20.p7) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.20.p11) — English, machine translation

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