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Rāmārya in his *Nyāyāmṛtataraṅgiṇī* gave a reply to his criticism of Madhva. It is said that he became a disciple in disguise to learn Vedānta from Madhusūdana himself to be able to give a suitable rebuttal to Madhusūdana’s critique of Madhva. Madhusūdana makes a sarcastic and derogatory reference to one *kumati* (conceited person), who is jittering in a meaningless way and presenting pseudocalled him to his court and honoured him. Dara Shikoh came in contact with him and some other *paṇḍits* and Hindu saints of his times. French doctor and intellectual François Bernier stayed in the Mogul court for twelve years and initially worked as a physician to Dara, and then became an interpreter of recent development of science and philosophy in Europe to Daneshmund Khan, secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Delhi court.