[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.t2.285 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.285 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.285 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.285](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.285) The greatest bulk in the Jātaka book, especially in the last books, is occupied by legends. Some of these, exactly like some of the dialogues of the Upaniṣads and especially the Itihāsa dialogues of the Mahābhārata,² are merely frames for the speeches and sayings. Such is the extremely interesting dialogue in Jātaka No. 544, which is here given in extract: - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.284](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.284) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.286](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.286) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (2) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.285](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.285) · Pramāṇa