[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.t5.95 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.95 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.95 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.95) Śākyamitra is mentioned as the author of Section III of the work, which consists of five sections: the other four sections are attributed to Nāgārjuna, which probably means the Tantra writer of this name (see above, pp. 392 f.). Śākyamitra is mentioned by Tāranātha as a contemporary of Devapāla of Bengal (about 850 A.D.).\[^2) - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.94) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.96) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.95) · Pramāṇa