[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.t2.312 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.312 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.312 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.312) ¹ The elephant is a general favourite in the animal legends. Cf. \*Feer\* in JA., 1895, s. 9, t. V, 31 ff., 189 ff. and \*Foucher\* on the Chaddanta Jātaka (No. 514) in Mélanges Lévi, pp. 231 ff. Jātaka commentary (\*e.g.\* Nos. 515, 528, 529) it is expressly stated that the Lord told the story with reference to one of the "perfections." In other instances (\*e.g.\* Nos. 407, 547) the hero is clearly presented as the Bodhisatta endowed with the "perfections." Cf. \*Rhys Davids, JRAS.\*, 1913, pp. 482 f. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.311) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.313](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.313) - [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.514) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.312) · Pramāṇa