[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.t3.14 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.14 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.14 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.14) From all this it is very probable that the Lalita-Vistara is a recast of an older Hīnayāna text, the Buddha biography of the Sarvāstivāda school, enlarged and embellished in the spirit of the Mahāyāna. This supposition also explains the - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.13) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.15) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.14) · Pramāṇa