[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.t2.322 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.322 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.322 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.322) ² \*Chavannes\*, Cinq Cents Contes I, p. xvi, still considers that Buddhism may be called “le plus vaste réceptacle de contes qu’il y ait eu au monde.” \*Charpentier\* (Festschrift Kuhn, pp. 288 ff.) supposes that a collection of Jātakas may have been the source of the Greek Physiologus. H. \*Günter\*, Buddha in der abendländischen Legende?, pp. 65 ff., raises objections to this theory. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.321) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.323](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.323) - [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) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.322) · Pramāṇa