[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.s4.43 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s4.43 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s4.43 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.43) And Mrs. Rhys Davids, who has devoted years of patient and scholarly labour to the investigation of the texts of the Abhidhamma, yet concludes a general survey of the work accomplished, with these words of resignation: "As we leave this house of cloistered lives, of a closed tradition, of a past dominating present and future, we have a sense of rooms swept and garnished clean and tidy, of sealed windows, of drawn blinds, of no outlook towards the dawn."⁴ - [Previous: v2.c19.s4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.42) - [Next: v2.c19.s4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.44) - [Up: v2.c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4) ## Cites (1) - [Abhidhammapiṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.43) · Pramāṇa