[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.s4.27 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s4.27 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s4.27 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.27) ⁴ In the days of Buddhaghosa, it was indeed believed that Buddha himself had proclaimed the outlines of the work, and that Tissa had only elaborated the details. On the other hand, in the introduction to the Atthasālinī, \*i.e.\*, the commentary on the Dhammasaṅgaṇi, Buddhaghosa mentions that there were schools which did not acknowledge the Kathāvatthu as canonical. - [Previous: v2.c19.s4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.26) - [Next: v2.c19.s4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.28) - [Up: v2.c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4) ## Cites (2) - [Kathāvatthu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu) — Moggaliputta Tissa, Pāli - [Dhammasaṅgaṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.dhammasangani) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.27) · Pramāṇa