[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.t2.13 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.13 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.13 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.13) ¹ \*Seidenstücker\*, l.c., p. 3. \*Cf.\*, M. \*Grimblot\* and Léon \*Feer\*, Extraits du Paritta in JA 1871, s. 6, t. XVIII, 225 ff. \*Geiger\*, Pali Literatur und Sprache, p. 16 f.; T. W. \*Rhys Davids\*, Dialogues III (SBB IV), p. 185 ff. The Milindapañha, p. 150 f., mentions Parittās as having been taught by Buddha. In Burma, too, there is a small collection of texts from the Suttapiṭaka, called Paritta or Mahā-Paritta, which is used for exorcisms, and is better known among the people than any other Pāli book (M. H. \*Bode\*, l.c., p. 3 f.). - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.12) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.14) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Milindapañha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.milindapanha*pts.150) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.13) · Pramāṇa