A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.5

v2.c19.s1.5

Now, though none of the works which belong to Buddhist literature can date back to the period of Buddha himself, isolated texts preserved in these works may probably be correctly regarded as words of Buddha. Also, among the first disciples of Buddha there must have been a few prominent leaders and some of the speeches, sayings and poems contained in our collections might have been composed by some of these disciples of Buddha.