[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.s5.82 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.82 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.82 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.82) In the authentic commentaries of Buddhaghosa, too, similes and parables, and valuable traditions and tales, occur frequently, as for instance in the Atthasālinī,² the Papañcasūdanī,³ Sumaṅgalvilāsinī,⁴ and especially in the Manoratha-Pūraṇī. In the commentary on the Brahmajāla-Sutta, Buddhaghosa gives us a remarkable account of the daily life of the Buddha. Here, on the one hand, the Buddha already appears as a kind of demi-god, in the same way as in the Mahāyāna Sūtras; when he goes out begging for alms, soft winds clean the ground before him, clouds lay the dust with a light shower of rain, and then spread themselves above him like a canopy, rough places become even, and lotus flowers spring forth under his footsteps, rays of six different colours shine from his body, and so on; but on the other hand he leads the true life of a mendicant monk.⁵ Stories of Jīvaka, the doctor, are interwoven with the commentary on the Sāmaññaphala-Sutta (I, pp. 132 ff.). And in the commentary on the Ambaṭṭha-Sutta (I, pp. 259 ff.) there is the legend of the origin of the Sakyas and Koliyas, so interesting from the point of view of social history. - [Previous: v2.c19.s5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.81) - [Next: v2.c19.s5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.83) - [Up: v2.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5) ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmajālasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1) — Pāli - [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2) — Pāli - [Ambaṭṭhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.82) · Pramāṇa