[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.t4.26 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.26 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.26 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.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. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.25) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.27) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4) ## Cites (2) - [Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vaipulya.saddharmapundarika) — Sanskrit - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.26) · Pramāṇa