[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.s4.3 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s4.3 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s4.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.3) The texts of the Abhidhamma, the beginnings of which are already to be found in the Suttapiṭaka (\*e.g.\* Majjhimanikāya 137 and 140, and in many of the Suttas of the Aṅguttaranikāya), are probably merely extensions of the Mātikās or "lists," (\*viz.\*, of the philosophical and ethical conceptions treated in the Suttapiṭaka) which are already mentioned in the Vinayapiṭaka.¹ - [Previous: v2.c19.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.2) - [Next: v2.c19.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.4) - [Up: v2.c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4) ## Cites (3) - [Vinayapiṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp) — Pāli - [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) — Pāli - [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.3) · Pramāṇa