[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.t2.164 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.164 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.164 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.164) ¹ This is the usual and probably correct explanation of the word "Jātaka," which is derived from jāta, "birth." H. Kern, Der Buddhismus, I, 328, translates Jātaka by "little story." Speyer, Jātakamālā, p. xxii, agrees with him. But see Oldenberg, DLZ, 1896, c. 261. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.163) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.165) - [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.t2.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.164) · Pramāṇa