[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.t2.206 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.206 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.206 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.206) ² Jāt. No. 128. The verse: "If one constantly raises aloft the banner of religion, like the raised sign of an inn, but sins in secret, it is called a cat's vow," agrees literally with Mahābh. V, 160, 13, and has also found its way into the law books (Manu IV, 195; Viṣṇu 93, 8). \*Cf.\* above, Vol. I, p. 406. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.205) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.207) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (4) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.160.13) — Sanskrit - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.128) — Pāli - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.93.8) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.195) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.206) · Pramāṇa