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a number of Prakarana works also viz. Aşṭaka Prakaraṇa, Şoḍaśaka Prakaraṇa, Viṁśativiņśikā and Pāṇcāśāka also.
Presently, the subject matter, in brief, of Aṣṭaka Prakaraṇa, composed in Sanskrit, containing 258 verses, is being given.
It is a compendium of 32 prakaranas dealing with different topics. Each contains eight verses hence Aṣṭaka, except, last 32nd which contains 10 verses. The title of the Aṣṭakas are:
(1) Mahādevāṣṭakaṁ,
(2) Snānāṣṭakaṁ,
(3) Püjāṣṭakam,
(4) Agnikārikāṣṭakam,
(5) Bhikṣāṣṭakam,
(6) Sarvasampatakarībhikṣāṣṭakaṁ, (7) Pracchannabhojanāṣṭakam,
(8) Pratyakhyānāṣṭakaṁ,
(9) Jñānāṣṭakam, (10) Vairagyaṣṭakaṁ,
(11) Tapāṣṭakam,
(12) Vādāṣṭakaṁ,
(13) Dharmavādāṣṭakaṁ, (14) Ekanityapakṣakhaṇḍanāṣṭkaṁ, (15) Anityapakṣakhaṇḍanāṣṭakaṁ, (16) Nityānityapakṣamaṇḍanāṣṭakaṁ, (17) Mansabhakṣaṇadúṣaṇāṣṭakam, (18) Mansabhakṣaṇadüṣaṇāṣṭakaṁ, (19) Madyapānadüṣaṇāṣṭakam, (20) Maithunadüṣaṇāṣṭakaṁ, (21) Sükṣmabuddhyaśrayaṇāṣṭakaṁ, (22) Bhāvaśudhivicārāṣṭakam, (23) Śāsanamālinyaniṣedhāṣṭakaṁ,
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