[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.s6.3 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.3 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.3) ³ It was formerly generally called "Gāthā dialect" (see above, Vol. I. p 47 f. ), which is the more inapt, as it is widely used in inscriptions too. \*Cf.\* \*S. Lefmann\* in ZDMG 29, 1875, 212 ff.; \*E. Senart\*, JA 1882, s. 7, t. XIX, 238 ff., 1886, s. 8, t. VIII, p. 318 ff.; Kern, SBE 21, p. XIV ff.; \*Bühler\*, Ep. Ind. I, 1892, 239, 377; II, 34; Hoernle and \*Bhandarkar\*, Ind. Ant. 12, 1883, pp. 89 f., 205f., 139 ff.; 17, 1888, p. 36 ff.; \*J. Wackernagel\*, Altindische Grammatik. I, Göttingen, 1896, p. XXXIX ff. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.2) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.4) - [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.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.3) · Pramāṇa