[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.t2.19 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t2.19 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t2.19 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.19) ² In Mahābhārata I, 229 ff., we meet with four wise birds, the sons of a ṛṣi, who know the Veda, and sing hymns to the god Agni. In the Mārkaṇḍeya-Purāṇa (see Vol. I, p. 560), four wise birds, sons of a ṛṣi, propound not only Yoga doctrines and all manner of other wisdom, but teachings of rājadharma too (Chapters 27-35). - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.18) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.20) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2) ## Cites (2) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.19) · Pramāṇa