A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.26

v2.c19.s6.t4.26

All these extravagances, and in particular all these glorifications of the texts in the texts themselves, are just as characteristic of all the Mahāyāna-Sūtras[^3) as they are of the Purāṇas. In fact, it is the spirit of the Purāṇas of which we are reminded by every line of the Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka.¹ At times the Buddha of the Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka reminds us of the Kṛṣṇa of the Bhagavad-Gītā.² This does not, however, enable us to draw any conclusion as regards the chronology, as we cannot determine any sure date, either for the beginning of the Kṛṣṇa-cult, or for the Purāṇas.