[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.t4.8 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.8 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.8) ³ Edited by H. Kern and Bunyiu Nanjio, Bibliotheca Buddhica X, St. Pétersbourg, 1908 ff. Transl. into French ("Le Lotus de la bonne Loi") by \*E. Burnouf\*, Paris, 1852, into English by H. Kern in SBE, Vol. 21, 1884. The title is explained in the following manner by M. \*Anesaki\* (Buddhist Art in its Relations to Buddhist Ideals, 1914, p. 15 f.): "The lotus is a symbol of purity and perfection because it grows out of mud but is not defiled,—just as Buddha is born into the world but lives above the world; and because its fruits are said to be ripe when the flower blooms,—just as the truth preached by Buddha bears immediately the fruit of enlightenment." - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.7) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.9) - [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.t4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.8) · Pramāṇa