[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.t2.202 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.202 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.202 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.202) 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. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.201) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.203) - [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.t2.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.202) · Pramāṇa