[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.t4.77 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.77 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.77 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.77) ⁵ See above p. 281 and n. 1. In the Chinese life-story of Kumārajīva, the believer in Śūnya is compared to that foolish person who desires a thread so fine that it cannot be seen, and is not content until the artisan points into the air and says: "Here is the thread." \*Cf. J. Nobel\* in SBA, 1927, 216 f. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.76) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.78) - [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.t4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.77) · Pramāṇa