[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.t1.83 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.83 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.83 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.83) \[^1): Cf. Aitareya-Brāhmaṇa: '" A friend is the wife," s. above, Vol. I, p. 212 (English Edition). \[^2): I, 6, 4, translated by Mrs. \*Rhys Davids\*, l. c., p. 52. \[^3): III, 313, see above, Vol. I, pp. 352 f. \[^4): See \*Windisch\*, Māra und Buddha, pp. 87 ff., 132 ff., and \*Feer\* in JA 1883, s. 8, t. I, 410 ff. \[^5): By their language, too, the stanzas (gāthās) occurring in the Nikāyas, at least the majority of them, prove themselves as belonging to the oldest portions of the Tipiṭaka literature. Cf. \*Rhys Davids\* and \*Carpenter\*, Dīgha Nikāya edited, Vol. II,—Preface, p. VIII and above, p. 3, note 2. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.82) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.84) - [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.t1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.83) · Pramāṇa