[Advaita-l] Sankara Mutt: maThAmnAya and mahAnuSAsana texts

[Murali Karamchedu]

Sundaresan, Vidyasankar wrote:
>Still, there are certain expectations of
>them as institutions, which are codified in the texts called
>maThAmnAya-s.

I've heard that these maThAmnAya and mahAnuSAsana texts are attributed to 
Sankara. Is this the traditionally accepted position, or are they just 
regarded as an compendium formalized over time?

Regards,
Murali Manohar