[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.t4.347 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.347 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.347 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.347) ³ Barth (RHR 42, 1900, p. 55 = Oeuvres II, 338) terms the Śikṣā-Samuccaya "la scholastique verbeuse et délayée usque ad nauseam," whilst he values the Bodhicaryāvatāra very highly as a counterpart to the "Imitatio Christi" of Thomas à Kempis (RHR 1893, p. 259 f. = Oeuvres II, 172). The Bodhicaryāvatāra does not, it is true, teach how to imitate Buddha, but teaches how to become a Buddha. Cf. \*La Vallée Poussin\*, Bouddhisme, p. 297 ff.; C. H. Tawney in \*JRAS\* 1908, 583 ff; Foucher in \*RHR\* 1908, t. 57, p. 241 ff. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.346) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.348) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4) ## Cites (2) - [Bodhicaryāvatāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.santideva.bodhicaryavatara) — Śāntideva, Sanskrit - [Śikṣāsamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.santideva.siksasamuccaya) — Śāntideva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.347) · Pramāṇa