History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.511
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.511
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Dattātreya (or Datta). described in Mārkaṇḍeya as avatāra of Viṣṇu, given to drinking, fond of female company and staying near a water reservoir on Sahya mountain and called Avadhūta, 903, instructs Alarka in Yoga, 903; propounded ānvīkṣikī (adhyātmavidyā) to Alarka and Prahlāda 903n, story of his conferring boons on Kārtvīrya occurs in several Purāṇas 903n.