EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -118: Nirvana described in neither/nor terms: “Nirvana is neither past nor future nor present; it is neither produced nor not produced."

Detailed explanation-2: -The Milinda Pañha ( lit. ‘Questions of Milinda’) is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD. It purports to record a dialogue between the Indian Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek king Menander I (Pali: Milinda) of Bactria, in Sagala, present-day Sialkot.

Detailed explanation-3: -The story is about a monk called Nagasena, who visited a king called Milinda. The king asked Nagasena for his name. Nagasena gave his name but then told the king that this was just his name and not his real person. The king was confused and so Nagasena asked the king how he had arrived at their meeting place.

Detailed explanation-4: -Milinda-Panho is a Buddhist text. The questions asked by Menander and Nagasena’s answer were recorded in the form of a book, which is known as Milinda-Panho. It purports to record a dialogue between Buddhist sage Nagasena and the Indo-Greek king Menander I.