[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.s4.4 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s4.4 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s4.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.4) ¹ The Dhamma-Saṅgaṇi begins with a Mātikā of this nature, and \*Mrs. Rhys Davids\* (Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics, 2nd Ed., pp. ix, cv-cxiii) believes that this one should be regarded as the sole source of the Abhidhammapiṭaka. The Puggala-paññatti and the Dhātukathā, however, also begin with Mātikās. The passages in which \*Mātikā\* is mentioned (\*e.g.\*, dhammadharo vinayadharo mātikādharo paṇḍito, Cullavagga I, 11, 1; XII, 1, 9), indicate that the word does not mean any one definite text, but, as in the case of dhamma and vinaya, a class of texts. - [Previous: v2.c19.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.3) - [Next: v2.c19.s4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.5) - [Up: v2.c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4) ## Cites (4) - [Cullavagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.cullavagga.1.11.1) — Pāli - [Dhammasaṅgaṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.dhammasangani) — Pāli - [Dhātukathā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.dhatukatha) — Pāli - [Puggalapaññatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.puggalapannati) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s4.4) · Pramāṇa