[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.t2.56 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.56 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.56 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.56) ² The parable was also familiar to the Brahmanical philosophers, among whom "the rule of the blind men and the elephant" (andhagajanyāya) has become proverbial. Cf. G. A. \*Jacob\*, A Second Handful of Popular Maxims, Bombay 1902, p. 53, and JRAS 1902, p. 174; T. W. \*Rhys Davids\*, JRAS 1911, p. 200 f. It occurs also in the Jaina Syādvādamañjarī, see V. S. \*Ghate\*, Ind. Ant. 42, 1913, p. 251. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.55) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.57) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Syādvādamañjarī (Hariṣeṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.anekanta.syadvadamanjari-harisena) — Hariṣeṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.56) · Pramāṇa