[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.t2.169 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.169 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.169 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.169) In ancient times it was not yet considered necessary to give the stories the form of "Jātakas." We still find isolated stories related, \*e.g.\* that of Dīghāvu ("Prince Longlived") in the Vinayapiṭaka,² without the hero being identified with the Bodhisatta. It was only at a later period that a Jātaka was made out of it. Yet there are also a few real Jātakas already to be found in the collections of the Suttas,³ and they prove that the Buddhist monks, like their Christian colleagues in the Middle Ages, related these stories or used them as sermons. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.168) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.170) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Vinayapiṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.169) · Pramāṇa