[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.c99.511 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c99.511](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.511) 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. - [Previous: v7.c99.510](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.510) - [Next: v7.c99.512](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.512) - [Up: v7.c99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.511](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.511) · Pramāṇa