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Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s4.62

Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c7.s4.62

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c7.s4.62

that Gopāla Bhaṭṭa was the real author; for some of the views, stated in the work itself, could not have been the strictly orthodox views of Sanātana, but of one who had some lingering Śrī-vaiṣṇava leanings. Sanātana's other works are never known to have met with disrespect. On the contrary, it is possible to argue that the legend of Sanātana's authorship may have been a pious afterthought meant to impart greater authoritativeness to a work which did not meet with the entire approval of the orthodox circle.