[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.t2.269 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.269 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.269 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.269) Such stories, which were at all times immensely popular in India, could, of course, easily have a “Buddhistic” tendency tacked on to them, and be incorporated in Buddhist sermons. For it was only grist to the monks’ mill, if, by such narratives, they could prove what a snare and danger every woman is to man, and how very carefully one must protect oneself against these temptresses. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.268) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.270) - [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.t2.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.269) · Pramāṇa