A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.202
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.202
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³ It is impossible to deny, as A. B. Keith does (JRAS 1911, 979 ff.; 1912, 435 ff.) that the Jātakas belong to the type of composition which consists of prose and verse; neither can we agree with *Oldenberg* (NGGW 1911, p. 444 = JPTS 1910-1912, p. 22, but see note 3) in speaking of the prose-and-verse type as "*almost* the only prevailing one" in the Jātakas, even if we emphasize the "almost." Nor can we say with *Charpentier* (ZDMG 66, 1912, pp. 41 f.) that "in general" the Jātaka prose rests on ancient tradition, but only that this is sometimes the case. *Charpentier* (WZKM 27, 1913, pp. 92 f.) repeats his opinion, though without putting forward any new grounds.