It is my sincere view that the Prakarana Grantham Aparokshanubhuti is not likely to be authored by Adi Shankaracharya.
Below are my reasons for this:
1) Like there are controversies about Veda Vyasa being given credit for more that what he could likely have achieved in a lifetime, or Shankaracharya's authorship of Shvetashwara Upanishad, this book is also under cloud with readers like me and scholars questioning Shankaracharya's authorship.
2) The English translator of this book Swami Vimuktananda himself has a slight doubt regarding the authorship. The author mentions how some of the stands taken by the writer of this book is different from Adi Shankaracharya's take in the Prasthanathraya Bhashyas
3) The writer taunts Yoga in multiple stanzas, asanas and Pranayama. This is unlike Adi Shankaracharya whose greatness was to accept all paths to moksha even when representing Advaita par excellence. This is very well expounded in his devotional hymns (Path of Bhakti) for various deities (Dvaita philosophy)
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