[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.t1.141 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.141 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.141 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.141) Occasionally the similes are connected in a very pleasing and homely manner with the given situation, \*e.g.\*, in Sutta 58 of the Majjhimanikāya. Prince Abhaya, urged on by Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta, the adversary of the Buddha, comes to the Master, in order to embarrass him with a very difficult question. He asks him whether the Buddha never utters an - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t1.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.140) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.142) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1) ## Cites (1) - [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.141) · Pramāṇa