[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.s5.187 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.187 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.187 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s5.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.187) The Jinālaṅkāra by Buddharakkhita,⁴ a poem of 250 stanzas, in which the Buddha legend is treated in the most bombastic Kāvya style, and which was written in the year 1156 A.D., is a regular specimen of ornate poetry. We find verses which can be read backwards as well as forwards, a stanza in which no consonant except “n” occurs, and other similar tricks. Mahāyānist doctrines are frequently found in the poem and it is full of Purāṇa-like exaggerations. - [Previous: v2.c19.s5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.186) - [Next: v2.c19.s5.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.188) - [Up: v2.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Jinālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.kavya.jinalankara) — Buddharakkhita, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.187) · Pramāṇa