[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.t4.78 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.78 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.78 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.78) There is evidence of the fact that the Prajñā-Pāramitās belong to the earliest Mahāyāna-Sūtras. Firstly, the ancient dialogue form, which is familiar to us from the Pāli Suttas, is still more conspicuous in these than in other Mahāyāna-Sūtras, and secondly, Buddha (called Bhagavān, "the Lord") generally appears in conversation with one of his disciples, especially Subhūti.¹ In other Mahāyāna-Sūtras Buddha usually talks to a Bodhisattva. A Prajñā-Pāramitā was already translated into Chinese as early as 179 A.D. The Prajñā-Pāramitās appear to have originated in the South, and afterwards spread to the East and the North.² - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.77) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.79) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4) ## Cites (1) - [Subhūtisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.11.14) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.78) · Pramāṇa