[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.t3.8 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.8 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.8) \[^1): Chapts. 2-6. The beginning of Chapt. 6 is translated by \*Windisch\*, Buddha’s Geburt, p. 152 ff. \[^2): In the Brāhmaṇas and Upaniṣads, the creator Prajāpati is called Puruṣa and Mahāpuruṣa, and later Brahman and Viṣṇu too. The seven steps of the new-born Buddha child are to be explained merely by the myth of the steps of Viṣṇu. \[^3): Chapt. 7, ed. Lefmann, pp. 87-91. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.7) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.9) - [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.t3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.8) · Pramāṇa