PTS cs 12 The king said: ‘There is the expression ocean, Nāgasena. Why is the water called ocean?’
The Elder replied PTS vp Pali 86 : ‘Because there is just as much salt as water, O king, and just as much water as salt, therefore is it called ocean.’
‘Very good, Nāgasena!’
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, ‘samuddo samuddo’ti vuccati, kena kāraṇena udakaṁ ‘samuddo’ti vuccatī”ti? Thero āha—“yattakaṁ, mahārāja, udakaṁ, tattakaṁ loṇaṁ. Yattakaṁ loṇaṁ, tattakaṁ udakaṁ. Tasmā ‘samuddo’ti vuccatī”ti.
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, ‘samuddo samuddo’ti vuccati, kena kāraṇena udakaṁ ‘samuddo’ti vuccatī”ti? Thero āha—“yattakaṁ, mahārāja, udakaṁ, tattakaṁ loṇaṁ. Yattakaṁ loṇaṁ, tattakaṁ udakaṁ. Tasmā ‘samuddo’ti vuccatī”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Samuddapañho dvādasamo.
Samuddapañho dvādasamo.