[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.t3.19 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.19 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.19 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.19) Dharmarakṣa in the year 308 A. D., the supposed "second translation of the Lalita-Vistara," is really a translation of the text in question at all.¹ The Tibetan translation² is an accurate translation of the Sanskrit text, but it only originated in the 9th century. It may be assumed with certainty that a version, differing slightly from the Lalita-Vistara, was known to the artists who, from about 850 to 900 A.D., decorated the famous temple of Boro-Budur in Java: for these magnificent sculptures represent scenes from the Buddha legend in such a manner as though the artists had actually worked with a text of the Lalita-Vistara at their hand.³ - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.18) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.20) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3) ## Cites (1) - [Lalitavistarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.3.lalitavistara) — Haribhadra Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.19) · Pramāṇa