[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.s6.10 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.10 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.10 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.10) ¹ We see here the influence of the doctrine of Bhakti, known to us from the Bhagavad-Gītā, and it is most probable that it was the Bhagavad-Gītā itself which influenced the development of the Mahāyāna. \*Cf.\* above, Vol. I, p. 431 ff; \*Kern\*, Manual of Buddhism, p. 122. Some scholars assume that outside influences, too, contributed towards the moulding of the Mahāyāna; but a hypothesis of this nature is not necessary, and cannot be proved. \*Cf. S. Lévi\*, Mahāyāna-Sūtrālaṃkāra, II, p. 16 ff.; \*Kennedy\*, JRAS 1902, p. 377 ff.; \*Eliot\*, Hinduism and Buddhism, III, p. 445 ff.; A.B. \*Keith\*, Buddhist Philosophy, p. 217. On the Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna in general, see \*La Vallée Poussin\* in ERE VIII, 1915, 330 ff. and \*R. Kimura\*, A Historical Study of the Terms Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna etc., Calcutta, 1927. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.9) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.11) - [Up: v2.c19.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.10) · Pramāṇa