[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.s5.170 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.170 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.170 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s5.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.170) A short summary of the rules of the Vinayapiṭaka is contained in the Sikkkās, the Khudda-Sikkhā by Dhammasiri, and the Mūla-Sikkhā by Mahāsāmi,² which, according to Burmese historical works, are said to have been written in 440 A. D., but are in all probability much more recent.³ These compendia, together with the so-called Dvemātikā (consisting of Bhikkhu- and Bhikkhunī-Pāṭimokkha) and the Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī, are in Burma regarded as sufficient for those who have no time to learn the entire Vinayapiṭaka.⁴ The Sārasaṅgaha by Siddhattha,⁵ a pupil of Buddhappiya, and the Dhammasaṅgaha (or Saddhammasaṅgaha) by Dhammakitti,⁶ which probably belong to the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century,⁷ are compendia which deal with the doctrine. The chief home of the study of the Abhidhamma is Burma. There, too, the most important manual of Buddhist psychology and ethics, the Abhidhammattha-Saṃgaha, was written by the monk Anuruddha (probably in the 12th century).¹ Even at the present day this manual is still held in the highest possible esteem in Ceylon as well as in Burma, and has been more frequently commentated and translated in Burma than any other text of the Abhidhamma. Anuruddha is also the author of the Nāmarūpapariccheda, a philosophical poem of 1,855 verses.² - [Previous: v2.c19.s5.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.169) - [Next: v2.c19.s5.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.171) - [Up: v2.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5) ## Cites (8) - [Khuddasikkhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vinaya.khuddasikkha) — Dhammasiri, Pāli - [Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.abhidhamma.abhidhammatthasangaha) — Anuruddha, Pāli - [Bhikkhunī Pātimokkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.patimokkha.bhikkhuni) — Pāli - [Bhikkhu Pātimokkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.patimokkha.bhikkhu) — Pāli - [Vinayapiṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp) — Pāli - [Pātimokkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.patimokkha) — Pāli - [Sārasaṅgaha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.manuals.sarasangaha) — Siddhattha, Pāli - [Mūlasikkhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vinaya.mulasikkha) — Mahāsāmi, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.170) · Pramāṇa