नागसेन
nagasen ek prasiddh tatha pramukh bauddh bhikshuk tha, jisane yavan samrat milind se vad-vivad kiya tha. sambhavat: is vad-vivad ke phalasvaroop hi milind nagasen se prabhavit hua aur usane bauddh dharm svikar kar liya tha. nagasen ke jivan ke bare mean "milind prashn" (milindapanh)[1] mean jo kuchh bhi ullekh milata hai, usase itana hi maloom hota hai, ki himalay-parvat ke pas (panjab) mean kajangal gaanv mean sonuttar brahman ke ghar mean unaka janm hua tha.
vidya prapti
pita ke ghar mean hi rahate hue unhoanne brahmanoan ki vidya ved, vyakaran adi ko padh liya tha. isase unaka parichay us samay vattaniy (varttaniy) sthan mean rahate ek vidvanh bhikshu rohan se hua, jisase nagasen bauddh darshan ki or jhuke. rohan ke shishy ban vah unake sath vijambhavastu [2] hote himalay mean rakshitatal namak sthan mean gaye. vahian guru ne unhean us samay ki riti ke anusar kanthasth kiye sare bauddh vadmay ko padhaya aur padhane ki ichchha se guru ki ajna ke anusar vah ek bar phir paidal chalate varttaniy mean ek prakhyat vidvanh ashvagupt ke pas pahuanche.
pratibha sampann
ashvagupt abhi is naye vidyarthi ki vidya-buddhi ki parakh kar hi rahe the, ki ek din kisi grihasth ke ghar bhojan ke uparaant niyam ke anusar diya jane vala dharmopadesh nagasen ke jimme p da. nagasen ki pratibha usase khul gee aur ashvagupt ne is pratibhashali tarun ko aur yogy hathoan mean sauanpanean ke lie patana (pataliputr) ke 'ashoka ram bihar' mean vas karane vale achary 'dharmarakshit' ke pas bhej diya. sau yojan par avasthit patana paidal jana asan kam n tha, kiantu ab bhikshu barabar ate-ate rahate the, vyapariyoan ka sath (karavaan) bhi ek-n-ek chalata hi rahata tha. nagasen ko ek aisa hi karavaan mil gaya, jisake svami ne b di khushi se is tarun vidvanh ko khilate-pilate sath le chalana svikar kiya.
pitak ka adhyayan
ashoka ram mean achary dharmarakshit ke pas rahakar nagasen ne bauddh tattv-jnan aur pitak ka poornataya adhyayan kiya. isi bich unhean panjab se bulava aya aur vah ek bar phir rakshitatal par pahuanche. mineandar (milind) ka rajy yamuna se amoo (vakshu) dariya tak phaila hua tha. yadyapi usaki ek rajadhani balkh (vahalik) bhi thi, kiantu hamari is paranpara ke anusar maloom hota hai, mukhy rajadhani sagal (syalakot) nagari thi.
milind se shastrarth
plootark ne likha hai ki, miannedar b da nyayi, vidvan aur janapriy raja tha. usaki mrityu ke bad usaki haddiyoan par b de-b de stoop banavaye gaye the. miannedar ko shastr charcha aur bahas ki b di adat thi, aur sadharan pandit usake samane nahian tik sakate the. bhikshuoan ne kaha - 'nagasen! raja milind vad vivad mean prashn poochhakar bhikshu-sangh ko tang karata aur nicha dikhata hai; jao tum us raja ka daman karo."
nagasen sangh ke adesh ko svikar kar sagal nagar ke asankheyy namak pariven[3] mean pahuanche. kuchh hi samay pahale vahaan ke b de pandit ayupal ko miannedar ne chup kar diya tha. nagasen ke ane ki khabar shahar mean phail gee. miannedar ne apane ek amaty devamantri, jo shayad yoonani dimitri hai, se nagasen se milane ki ichchha prakat ki.
svikriti milane par ek din "paanch sau yavanoan ke sath achchhe rath par savar hokar miannedar asankheyy pariven mean gaya. raja ne namaskar aur abhinandan ke bad prashn shuroo kiye." inhian prashnoan ke karan granth ka nam "milind-prashn" p da. yadyapi upalabhy pali "milind panjh" mean chh: parichchhed haian, kiantu unamean se pahale ke tin hi purane maloom hote haian; chini bhasha mean bhi inhian tin parichchhedoan ka anuvad milata hai. miannedar ne pahale din math mean jakar nagasen se prashn kiye; doosare din usane mahal mean nimantran kar prashn poochhe.
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tika tippani aur sandarbh
darshan digdarshan |lekhak: rahul saankrityayan |prakashak: kitab mahal, ilahabad |prishth sankhya: 422-430 |ISBN: 81-225-0027-7
sanbandhit lekh