[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.t4.348 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.348 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.348 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.348) But while in the Śikṣā-Samuccaya there is often only a loquacious learnedness which shows itself in a flood of quotations, the Bodhicaryāvatāra ("the Entrance into the Bodhi-Life," \*i.e.\*, "into the way of life leading to enlightenment") not infrequently rises to the loftiest flights of religious poetry. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.347) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.349](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.349) - [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.t4.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.348) · Pramāṇa