[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.t1.20 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.20 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.20 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.20) ¹ See above, p. 27f. \*Rhys Davids\*, Dialogues of the Buddha, II, p. 72. It is only by comparing the Pāli text minutely with the Sanskrit texts, in which fragments of a Parinirvāṇa-Sūtra have come down to us, and with the Tibetan and Chinese translations, that we can discern which parts of the Sutta are ancient and genuine. Cf. \*Windisch\*, Māra und Buddha, p. 33 ff., \*Oldenberg\*, ZDMG 52, 1898, p. 628, \*J. S. Speyer\*, ZDMG 53, 1899, p. 121 ff., \*J. Edkins\*, JRAS 1881, p. 66 ff. For the Chinese translation of the Mahā-Parinirvāṇa-Sūtras. \*Carlo Puini\*, in GSAI 21, 1908, 59 ff. ; 22, 1909, p. 1 ff. For a comparative study of the different Parinirvāṇa texts see \*M. Przyluski\* in JA 1918-1920, s. II, t. XI, 485 ff. ; XII, 401 ff. ; XV, 5 ff. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t1.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.19.4) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.21) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1) ## Cites (1) - [Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahaparinirvanasutra) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.20) · Pramāṇa