[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.t3.7 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.7 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.7 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.7) Here the narrative is interrupted by a dialogue between Ānanda and the Buddha,\[^3) which declaims against those unbelievers who refuse to believe in the miraculous birth of the Buddha. The belief in the Buddha is taught as a necessary part of the religion; and we are reminded of the Kṛṣṇa of the Bhagavad-Gītā, when Buddha here says: - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.6) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.8) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3) ## Cites (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.7) · Pramāṇa