[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.t2.24 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t2.24 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t2.24 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.24) ¹ The presentation of the Bhūmis in the Mahāvastu diverges from that in the texts of the Mahāyāna; hence this is probably a transition from the Hīnayāna to the Mahāyāna. A Tibetan Mahāyāna author, whose object is to prove that the doctrine of the Bhūmis was not a Mahāyānistic innovation, alludes to the fact that they already occur in the Mahāvastu. \*Cf.\* La Vallée Poussin in ERE II, 743 ff.; VIII, 330 note; J. Rahder, Daśabhūmika-Sūtra, Leuven 1926, p. iii ff. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.23) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.25) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2) ## Cites (2) - [Mahāvastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.buddhacarita-works.mahavastu) — Sanskrit - [Daśabhūmikasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.avatamsaka-cycle.dasabhumika) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.24) · Pramāṇa