[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.s3.t1.11 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.11 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.11 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.11) \[^4): Book I is called \*Sīlakkhandhavagga\* after its contents (it treats of sīla, "virtue"), Book II is called \*Mahāvagga\* after its bulk (it contains mostly Suttas, the titles of which begin with mahā,—"great"), Book III is called \*Pāṭikavagga\*, \*i.e.\*, "the section beginning with the Pāṭika-Sutta." - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.10) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.12) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.11) · Pramāṇa