[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.s7.79 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s7.79 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s7.79 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s7.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s7.79) There is not much of importance to be found in the propaganda literature which serves the Neo-Buddhist movement. Translations of Pāli texts are the best thing which we owe to it. \*Paul Dahlke's\* “Buddhist Stories”¹ may be mentioned, and also the lyric poems of \*Hans Much\*.² But though the latter are Buddhist in sentiment, this European monastic poetry is very feeble when compared to the Thera-Gāthās and Therī-Gāthās, the songs of the ancient Buddhist monks and nuns. - [Previous: v2.c19.s7.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s7.78) - [Next: v2.c19.s7.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s7.80) - [Up: v2.c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s7) ## Cites (2) - [Theragāthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.theragatha) — Pāli - [Therīgāthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.therigatha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s7.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s7.79) · Pramāṇa