[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.t3.3 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.3 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.3) ² Thus according to the Chinese tradition. \*Cf.\* \*S. Beal\*, The Romantic Legend of Śakya Buddha from the Chinese-Sanskrit, London 1875, Introd.; \*Foucaux\*, Lalita Vistara traduit, t. II, Introd. \*Beal's\* "Romantic Legend" is an abridged translation from the Chinese of the Abhiniṣkramaṇa-Sūtra, which has not come down in Sanskrit, but was translated into Chinese between 280 and 312 A.D. by Nie Tao-Tchen (s. \*Bagchi\*, l. c., I, p. 128) and in 587 A.D. by Jinagupta. It is said to be the biography of Buddha for the sect of the Dharmaguptas. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.2) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.4) - [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.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.3) · Pramāṇa