[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.t2.8 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.8 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.8) ¹ Copleston, Buddhism, p. 140, says of this Sutta: "It is constantly repeated now by the monks in Ceylon, and it is a great pity that nobody understands it." In Burma this Sutta is sung at times of epidemics by white-robed elderly men and women at cross-roads before images of Buddha. Ind. Ant. 8, 1879, pp. 82 and 329. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.7) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.9) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.8) · Pramāṇa