[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.t2.142 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.142 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.142 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.142) In amazement a Brahman asks his wife how is it that she does not weep, though she has lost her seven children, while she formerly used to weep day and night for the departed. She replies that she has learnt from Buddha how one can escape birth and death. Then the Brahman goes to Buddha and becomes a monk. He sends his charioteer back with a message to his wife that he has become a monk. The woman is about to give the charioteer a horse and carriage and a thousand pieces of gold for the glad tidings, but he says: "Keep the horse and carriage and money, I too am going to become a monk." The daughter, too, whom the woman wishes to appoint as heir to the great treasures of the house, renounces, and declares her intention of becoming a nun. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.141) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.143) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.142) · Pramāṇa