A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.93
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.93
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¹ This legend has often been compared with that of Simeon, St. Luke 2, 25 ff., and it is indeed one of the most striking Buddhist parallels to the Gospels. *Cf.* especially Pischel, Leben und Lehre des Buddha, p. 23 ff. E. Windisch (in Festschrift Kuhn, p. 6 ff.) has discussed the variants of the legend, and traced Asita Devala back to Brahmanical literature. Windisch regards it as "not absolutely proved that the Simeon of St. Luke owes his existence to the Asita of the Buddhist legend."