[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.t5.4 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.4 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.4) ² According to S. \*Lévi\*, the “Svāyambhuva-Mahā-Purāṇa” \[which has come down in a Paris MS., contains the best recension. It is written in prose and verse in various metres. S. \*Lévi\* gives a detailed analysis of the work in Vol. I, p. 208 ff., of his book Le Népal (AMG, Bibliothèque d'études, t. 17-19, Paris 1905). The “Bṛhat-Svayambhū-Purāṇa” edited by \*Haraprasāda Śāstri\* in Bibl. Ind. (1894-1900) is written entirely in Ślokas and in execrable Sanskrit. Book X has been edited by \*La Vallée Poussin\* (Université de Gand, Recueil de Travaux publiés par la faculté de phil. et lett. 9e fasc., Gand & Louvain 1893). Cf. also \*Raj. Mitra\*, Nep. Buddh. Lit., p. 249 ff.; \*Haraprasāda Śāstrī\* in JBTS II, 1894, part 2, p. 33 ff.; and \*Hodgson\*, Essays, p. 115 ff. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.3) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.5) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5) ## Cites (2) - [Svayambhūpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.nepal.svayambhupurana) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhatsvayambhūpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.nepal.brhatsvayambhupurana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.4) · Pramāṇa