[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.t3.4 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.4 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.4) ³ As regards the title, see \*Lefmann\*, Translation, p 70 ff., Edition, Vol. II, p. VI f., \*Foucaux\*, t. II, p. 3 and \*Winternitz\*, WZKM 26, 1912, p. 241. The work also calls itself a Mahā-Nidāna, \*i.e.\*, "a great (Sūtra treating) of the beginnings (of the Buddha's career,") and "Lalita-Vistara-Purāṇa," a term which is fitting in so far as the style of the work is not unlike that of the Purāṇas. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.3) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.5) - [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.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.4) · Pramāṇa