[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.s2.55 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.55 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.55 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.55) The Parivāra, the last book of the Vinayapiṭaka, is an insignificant and much later production, probably only the work of a Singhalese monk.³ This comprises nineteen shorter texts, catechisms, indices, appendices, lists, and so on, very similar to the Anukramaṇīs and Pariśiṣṭas of the Veda and Vedāṅga texts. They are in the form of questions and answers, just like the texts of the Abhidhammapiṭaka, which probably date from the same time. - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.54) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.56) - [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.s2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.55) · Pramāṇa