[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.t2.88 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.88 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.88 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.88) The dialogue form is sometimes combined, as in the Āḷavaka-Sutta (I, 10) and the Sūciloma-Sutta (II, 5), with the old riddle-poetry form which we have already met with in the Veda and the epic. Just as in the Mahābhārata,¹ here too, a Yakṣa appears as the questioner, and a sage replies to the questions by presenting the ethical doctrines of Buddhism. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.87) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.89) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) ## Cites (2) - [Suttanipāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.suttanipata.1.10) — Pāli - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.88) · Pramāṇa