[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.t2.141 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.141 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.141 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.141) This is already a kind of ballad. And in the "Songs of the Elders" and the "Songs of the Lady Elders," especially in the latter, we find quite a number of real ballads with and without narrative stanzas. One of the longest of these ballads, which, at the same time, is extremely dramatic, is to be found among the "Songs of the Lady Elders" (Therīg. 312-337). - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.140) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.142) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Therīgāthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.therigatha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.141) · Pramāṇa