Dear Bill,

Not only did the Viśiṣṭādvaitins and others refer to Advaita Vedāntins as crypto-Buddhists; in his Śatadūṣaṇī, Vedānta Deśika also labelled the Bhedābheda Vedāntin Bhāskara as a "Vedāntin who smells like a Jain" (jainagandhivedāntin).

I have never seen a similar term in the premodern literature for a "crypto-Hindu." Might we find similar epithets in Jain intra-religious polemics (perhaps a vedāntigandhijaina)?

Andrew

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