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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 29.p5

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 29.p5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [29.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.29.p5)

evaṃ stutvā sa brahmāyur bhave 'ty āśisaṃ dattvā nijasthānaṃ gataḥ. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā bhojarājam avadat: bho rājan, tvayy evam audāryaṃ vidyate yadi, tarhy asmin siṃhāsana upaviśa. rājā tūṣṇīm āsīt. ity ekonatriṃśopākhyānam

> Having thus praised him, he blest him with the words “Live forever,” and went to his own place.  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

> 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 the king was silent.  
> — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne

> Here ends the twenty-ninth 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.29.p9) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.29.p5) — English, machine translation

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