[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.t2.309 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.309 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.309 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.309) ² Nigrodhamiga-Jātaka (No. 12). The Christian legend of Saint Placidus or Eustachius, who is said to have been converted through a stag, on whose forehead the sign of the cross was shining, is traced back to this Jātaka by some scholars. Cf. \*M. Gaster\*, JRAS., 1894, 335 ff.; \*J. S. Speyer\* in Theolog. Tijdskrift 40, 1906, 427ff.; \*E. Kuhn\* in Beil. Allg. Ztg. 9th Nov. 1906; \*R. Garbe\*, Contributions of Buddhism to Christianity, p. 30ff.; Indien und das Christentum, pp. 86 ff.; \*W. Bousset\* in NGGW 1916, 469 ff.; \*W. Meyer\*, ibidem, pp. 762ff.; \*Clemen\*, Theolog. Literaturzeitung 42, 1917, 257 ff.; \*H. Günter\*, Buddha in der abendländischen Legende? Leipzig 1922, pp. 7ff. I am not convinced that there is any connection between them. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.308](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.308) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.310) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.309) · Pramāṇa