[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.s5.32 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.32 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.32 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.32) In Books IV-VII we find, on the one hand, a liberal sprinkling of quotations from the canon, and on the other, frequent allusions to traditions divergent from those embodied in the canon, and most likely belonging to a later period, and especially allusions to legends which appear only in the commentaries, in the commentary on the Jātaka and in those on the Vimānavatthu and Dhammapada.⁴ These legends are permeated with a low conception of the doctrine of Karman, an exaggerated cult of the Buddha (Buddha-Bhakti) and a somewhat crude belief in miracles, which would seem to indicate a later period. - [Previous: v2.c19.s5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.31) - [Next: v2.c19.s5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.33) - [Up: v2.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5) ## Linked texts (3) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Vimānavatthu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.vimanavatthu) — Pāli - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.32) · Pramāṇa