[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.t2.252 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.252 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.252 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.252) ² Jāt. No. 387. In a Chinese version of the story, the artistic smith makes such fine needles that they float on the water, similarly in the Sanskrit Divyāvadāna. Cf. A. \*Schiefner\*, Indische Künstleranekdoten, Mélanges asiatiques, VII (1875), pp. 519 ff. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.251) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.253) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Divyāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanasamgraha.divyavadana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.252) · Pramāṇa