[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.t4.322 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.322 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.322 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.322) A contemporary and opponent of Chandrakīrti, whose teachings he refuted, was Candragomin, who enjoys an immense reputation in the Buddhist world as a grammarian, philosopher and poet. According to Tāranātha,\[^2) who has much that is legendary to relate of him, he composed an enormous number of hymns and learned works. Of his poetical works we have only a religious poem in the form of a letter to his pupil, the \*Śiṣyalekha-Dharma-Kāvya\*.\[^3) Buddhist doctrines are here presented in elegant Kāvya style. His drama Lokānanda has come down to us only in the Tibetan version in the Tanjur.\[^4) - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.321) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.323](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.323) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.322) · Pramāṇa