[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.t4.136 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.136 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.136 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.136) At the end of the Gaṇḍavyūha, both in manuscripts and in Chinese and Tibetan translations, we find the Bhadracarīpraṇidhāna-gāthāḥ, "the Prayer Verses concerning the Pious Life,"\[^3) a prayer in 62 melodious Dodhaka stanzas,\[^4) which ranks among the most beautiful expresssions of Buddhist piety, and has been used for purposes of worship in all countries of Mahāyāna Buddhism ever since the 4th century A.D.\[^5) It is also found as an independent text, and was - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.135) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.137) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4) ## Cites (1) - [Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.avatamsaka-cycle.gandavyuha) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.136) · Pramāṇa