[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.s5.147 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.147 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.147 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.147) ¹ “When the emperor Charlemagne......lived at Zürich, he had a pillar erected with a bell attached to it, so that anyone who desired administration of justice could pull it whenever the emperor was seated at his midday meal.” \*Grimm\* Deutsche Sagen II, No. 453. Here, as in the similar legend of the sage Theodosius (Gesta Romanorum 105) it is a snake which demands and obtains justice against a toad. \*Cf.\* also the poem “Die Leidglocke” by F. \*Rückert\* in “Brahmanische Erzählungen;” \*E. Hultzsch\* in \*JRAS\* 1913, 529 ff., who, amongst other things, has traced a Tamil version of this story, and cites other parallels given by \*Th. Zachariae\*. See also \*Benfey\*, Pantschatantra I, 168 f. - [Previous: v2.c19.s5.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.146) - [Next: v2.c19.s5.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.148) - [Up: v2.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.147) · Pramāṇa