A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.141

v2.c19.s3.t1.141

Occasionally the similes are connected in a very pleasing and homely manner with the given situation, *e.g.*, in Sutta 58 of the Majjhimanikāya. Prince Abhaya, urged on by Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta, the adversary of the Buddha, comes to the Master, in order to embarrass him with a very difficult question. He asks him whether the Buddha never utters an