[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.s5.66 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.66 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.66 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.66) There is scarcely any doubt that Buddhaghosa is also the author of the commentaries on the Abhidhammapiṭaka, or at least of the Atthasālinī (commentary on the Dhamma-Saṅgaṇi), the Sammoha-vinodanī (commentary on the Vibhaṅga) and the commentary on the Paṭṭhāna-Pakaraṇa, and most likely of the Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī and the Paramattha-Jotikā (commentaries on the Khuddaka-Pāṭha and the Suttanipāta).¹ On the other hand, the commentaries on the Jātaka and the Dhammapada are so very different in language and style from Buddhaghosa's commentaries, that he cannot possibly have written them.² As far as these two works are concerned, the designation "commentary" is, as a matter of fact, just as unsuitable as the expression "author." For, in both works, the actual commentary, \*i.e.\*, the grammatical and lexical explanation of the verses, occupies only a very small space, whilst narratives, or, to be more exact, sermons in the form of narratives,³ constitute the major part. It will be more correct to speak of compilers or editors, who collected and edited these sermons or narratives. - [Previous: v2.c19.s5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.65) - [Next: v2.c19.s5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.67) - [Up: v2.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammasaṅgaṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.dhammasangani) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.66) · Pramāṇa