A History of Indian Literature: Buddhist literature and Jaina literatureThe present English translation is based on the original German work written by Professor Winternitz and has been revised in the light of further researches on the subject by different scholars in India and elsewhere. Vol. I relates to Veda (the four Samhitas), Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanisads, Vedangas and the Literature of the ritual. The Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Puranic literature and Tantra. Vol. II deals with the Buddhist Literature of India and the Jaina Literature. Vol. III covers Classical Sanskrit Literature comprising ornate Poetry, Drama, Narrative Literature, Grammar, Lexiocography, Philosophy, Dharma-Sastra, Artha-Sastra, Architecture, Music, Kama-Sutra, Ayurveda, Astronomy, Astrology and Mathematics. |
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Contents
The Palicanon or the Tipitaka | 3 |
The Vinayapitaka of the Palicanon | 22 |
The Suttapitaka of the Palicanon | 33 |
The Abhidhammapitaka Buddhist Scholasticism | 160 |
The noncanonical Paliliterature | 168 |
Buddhistic literature in pure and mixed Sanskrit | 217 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Indian Literature: Buddhist literature and Jaina literature Volume 2 of A History of Indian Literature, Moriz Winternitz, ISBN 8120802632, 9788120802636 |
| Author | Moriz Winternitz |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publishe, 1996 |
| ISBN | 8120802659, 9788120802650 |
| Length | 2000 pages |
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