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mil.3.7.13 Milindapanha

The taste of saltChapter 7

The king said: ‘Why, Nāgasena, is the ocean all of one taste, the taste of salt?’

‘Because the water in it has stood so long, therefore it is all of one taste, the taste of salt.’

‘Very good, Nāgasena!’

- Translator: T.W. Rhys Davids

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato