[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s2.53 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.53 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.53 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.53) The Vinayapiṭaka texts bear a certain resemblance to the Vedic Brāhmaṇas. In both cases we find “rule” (vidhi) and “explanation of meaning” (arthavāda) side by side, and to the latter belong, in both cases, narrative poems, which appear like oases in the desert of religious technicalities.² - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.52) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.54) - [Up: v2.c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.53) · Pramāṇa