[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.t1.80 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.80 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.80 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.80) What is the basis and support of men ? What here below is comradeship supreme ? What are the spirits who sustain the life Of all such creatures as to earth are bound ? " Children are mankind's basis and support, The wife is here below comrade supreme ; \[^1) The spirits of the rain sustain the life Of all such creatures as to earth are bound." \[^2) - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.79) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.81) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1) ## Cites (1) - [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.80) · Pramāṇa