History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1766

v7.c99.1766

Prapañcasāra tantra, 34n 1070, 1072, 1099-1102, 1105-6, 1112 (enumerates eight *siddhis*), 1117, 1120, 1133, 1139; ascribed to Śaṅkarācārya and mentions all avatāras except Buddha, 995-96, 1105; doubts about its being Śaṅkarācārya's work 1105; sets out a mantra for six cruel rites 1105; com. on, ascribed to Padmapāda *Prārabdha-Dhvānta-Saṁhṛti*, of Acyutarāya Moḍaka (composed in 1819 A. D.), on Prārabdhakarma (past actions that produce the present body); described 1600-1604; main object of the work is to combat the idea that all human acts from conception to death are governed by past deeds alone, 1601.