[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) › 28.p7 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 28.p7 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 28.p7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p7) rājā 'pi teṣām anujñāṃ gṛhītvā nijanagaram agamat. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam avadat. bho rājan, tvayy evaṃ dhairyam audāryam vidyate yadi, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. tac chrutvā rājā tūṣṇīm āsīt. ity astāviṃśopākhyānam > Having told this story the statue said to the king: “O king, if such fortitude and magnanimity are 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 twenty-eighth story > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.5) - [Next: 29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.29.p1) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.28.p8) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.28.p7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.28.p7) · Pramāṇa