[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.589 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.589 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.589 - **Language:** English ### [c5.589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.589) GĀTHĀ. A song, a verse. A religious verse, but one not taken from the Vedas. Verses interspersed in the Sanskrit Buddhist work called Lalita-vistara, which are composed in a dialect between the Sanskrit and the Prākrit, and have given their name to this the Gāthā dialect. The Zend hymns of the Zoroastrians are also called Gāthās. - [Previous: c5.588](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.588) - [Next: c5.590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.590) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Lalitavistarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.3.lalitavistara) — Haribhadra Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.589) · Pramāṇa