[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c90.236 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.236 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.236 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c90.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.236) ¹⁴³⁴ The story of दत्तात्रेय and of his boons (वरs) to कार्तवीर्य occurs in several Purāṇas. Vide मत्स्य 43 15 ff, ब्रह्मा 13. 160 ff The ब्रह्माण्ड III 8 84 quotes a पौराणिकश्लोक 'अत्रेः पुत्रं महात्मानं शान्तात्मानमकल्मषम्। दत्तात्रेयं तनुं विष्णोः पुराणाः प्रचक्षते॥'. In the भागवत (I 3. 52 ff) twenty-two avatāras of विष्णु are mentioned out of which Dattātreya is the 6th who propounded ānvīkṣikī (Adhyātmavidyā) to Alarka and Prahlāda In the मार्कण्डेय (Veṅk) 17. 10-13 दत्तात्रेय says 'ये च मां पूजयिष्यन्ति गन्धमाल्यादिभिर्नरा । मांसमद्योपहारैश्च मिष्टान्नश्चात्म-संमतैः। ॰॰॰तेषामहं परा पुष्टि पुत्रदारधनादिकम्। प्रदास्याम्यवधूतश्च हनिष्याम्यवमन्यतः॥' - [Previous: v7.c90.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.235) - [Next: v7.c90.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.237) - [Up: v7.c90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90) ## Cites (4) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.8.84) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.43.15) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.17.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.236) · Pramāṇa