[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.t2.276 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.276 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.276 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.276) No. 352. A man is inconsolable at the death of his father. Then the man's son is seen standing in front of a dead ox and giving it grass and water. The man naturally thinks his son has gone mad, but the latter says: "Here are at least still a head, feet and tail, so that the ox might be able to get up again; but there is no longer either head, hand or foot of my grand-father's, it is you who seem to have lost your senses as you weep continually at his grave." Thereupon the father is comforted.² - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.275) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.277) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.352) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.276) · Pramāṇa