[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.t1.26 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t1.26 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t1.26 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.26) ⁴ Fragments of the Udānavarga, from finds in Central Asia, have been published by \*R. Pischel\*, Die Turfan-Rezensionen des Dhammapada, SBA 1908, p. 968 ff.; \*S. Lévi\* and \*La Vallée Poussin\* in JA s. 10, t. XVI, 1910, p. 444 ff.; t. XVII, 1911, 431 ff.; t. XIX, 1912, p. 311 ff.; \*JRAS\* 1911, p. 758 ff ; 1912. p. 355 ff. The Tibetan version of the Udānavarga has been translated into English by W. W. \*Rockhill\*, London 1883, and the Tibetan text was published by H. \*Beckh\*, Berlin 1911. Cf. A. \*Schiefnen\* Über Vasubandhus Gāthāsaṃgraha, in Mélanges Asiatiques VIII (Bulletin XXV, 1878), pp. 559 f., 590 ff.; \*La Vallée Poussin\* in GGA 1912, 191 f.; \*Lüders\* in SBA 1914, p. 102; and \*Seidenstücker\*, Das Udāna, I, 1913, pp. 37, 71 ff. A voluminous anthology, about five times as large as the Pāli Dhammapada, is the \*Dharmasamuccaya\* by Avalokitasimha, who has also drawn from Mahāyāna sources; on a MS. of this work, found in Nepal, see Dharma Aditya \*Dharmācārya\* in Ind. Hist. Qu. 1, 1925, 422 ff., 677 ff. \[^1): ¹) The old Kharoṣṭhī manuscript, important from the points of view both of language and palaeography, has been edited by \*Senart\* in JA s. 9, t. XII, 1898, pp. 193 ff., 515 ff. This edition was the foundation for the new edition by Benimadhab \*Barua\* and Sailendranath \*Mitra\*, Calcutta 1921. The fragments found by \*Petroffsky\* were identified by S. \*d'Oldenburg\*, St. Petersburg 1907. On the "MS. Dutreuil de Rhins," cf. Comptes rendus de l'académie des inscriptions, 14. mai 1895 et 15. avril 1898; \*Senart\*, OC XI Paris 1897, I, 1 ff.; G. \*Bühler\*, On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet, 2nd Ed., Strassburg 1898, p. 122 ff.; \*Lüders\* in NGGW 1899, p. 474 ff.; T. W. \*Rhys Davids\* in JRAS 1899, p. 426 ff.; R. O. \*Franke\* in ZDMG 60, 1906, p. 477 ff.; M. A. \*Stein\*, Ancient Khotan, Oxford 1907, I, 188; Jules \*Bloch\*, JA ser. 10, t. XIX, 1912, p. 331 ff.; \*Konow\* (Festschrift Windisch, p. 85 ff.) is of opinion that, though this anthology is composed in a dialect originating in the North-west of India, it was written in the neighbourhood of Khotan. Like \*Bühler\* (l.c.) he ascribes it to the 1st century A.D., whilst \*Lüders\* (SBA 1914, p. 101) thinks it was written in the 3rd century A.D. It is probably the earliest Indian manuscript which has been discovered so far. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.25) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.27) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1) ## Cites (1) - [Dharmasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dharmasamuccaya) — Avalokitasiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t1.26) · Pramāṇa