[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.t1.161 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.161 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.161 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t1.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.161) However little they can be regarded as real proofs, the similes are, after all, the best kind of argumentation which we find in the Suttas. As for the rest, wherever a doctrine is to be proved, we do not find much more than accumulations of synonyms and dogmatic classifications and enumerations,² which are most particularly characteristic of the Aṅguttaranikāya, but occur in all the Nikāyas. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t1.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.160) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t1.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.162) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1) ## Cites (1) - [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.161) · Pramāṇa