[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) › 6.p8 # Simhasanadvatrimshika 6.p8 Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 6.p8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p8) iti vicārya tatra nagaram ekaṃ kārayitvā tam abhiṣicya tasmin nagare saṃsthāpya vilāsinīnāṃ śatam adāt, pañcāśad gajāṅś ca dadau, turaṃgānāṃ pañcāśatir dattā, catvārinśad rathā dattāḥ, bhaṭānāṃ pañcasahasrī dattā tasmai brāhmaṇāya; caṇḍikāpuram iti nāmadheyaṃ kṛtam. tataḥ paripūrṇamanoratho brāhmaṇas taṃ rājānam āśīrbhir edhayām āsa. rājā 'pi nijanagaram agamat. iti kathāṃ kathayitvā puttalikā rājānam abravīt: bho rājan, tvayy evaṃvidham audāryaṃ vidyate cet, tarhy asmin siṅhāsana upaviśa. rājā tūṣṇīm āsīt. iti saṣṭhākhyānam > Thus reflecting he caused a city to be built there, and crowned the brahman king and establisht him in that city, and gave him a hundred charming houris, and fifty elephants, and fifty horses, and forty chariots, and five thousand attendants; and he named the city Caṇḍikāpura. So the brahman, his desires being wholly fulfilled, wisht the king well with formal blessings. And the king went to his own city. > — 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 sixth story > — Franklin Edgerton 1926, Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne - [Previous: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.8) - [Next: 7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.7.p1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6) ## Translations (2) - [Vikrama's Adventures, or The Thirty-two Tales of the Throne](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-edgerton.6.p6) — Franklin Edgerton 1926, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana~en-mt.6.p8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.6.p8) · Pramāṇa