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Similar illustrations from the body of the *Mānasāra* can be multiplied. But the point seems to be clear. Vaishṇavism appears to have been the leading religion of the place where the *Mānasāra* was compiled. The author himself may have had a personal preference for Śaivism or even for Brahmā-worship; but his patron or the influence under which the author was working apparently had a leaning towards Vaishṇavism in all its various phases and aspects, including even Buddha as one of the ten incarnations of Vishṇu. Buddhism and Jainism, though by no means favoured religions, were allowed to continue. The influence seems to be one of non-interference, a universal toleration, with special preference for Vaishṇavism.