A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.117
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³ *Oldenberg*, Literatur des alten Indien, p. 101 note, may be right when he explains the prevalence of the descriptions of nature in the "Songs of the Elders" by the fact that nature, as treated in these songs, is forest scenery, and the hermit life in the forest naturally played a greater part in the case of the monks than in that of the nuns. This is an additional argument in favour of the “Songs of the Lady Elders” having in reality been composed by the nuns themselves.