[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) › v3.c35.s2.167 # A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s2.167 A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s2.167 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c35.s2.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v3.c35.s2.167) Kṣemendra too has written a work on prosody, the Suvṛttatilaka³, that is divided into three sections. Section one contains a description of the metres, for each of which the writer has provided as example a stanza composed by himself. Section two is on faults and merits of prosody; but here the quoted examples are not only from the writings of the author himself but also from elsewhere. We obtain many useful data for a history of literature from section three, which is devoted to reputed poets of the past and their special fascination for one or the other of the metres⁴. - [Previous: v3.c35.s2.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v3.c35.s2.166) - [Next: v3.c35.s2.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v3.c35.s2.168) - [Up: v3.c35.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v3.c35.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v3.c35.s2.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v3.c35.s2.167) · Pramāṇa