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This revival was in part a reaction against the increasing formalism of the orthodox cult, in part an assertion of the demands of the heart as against the intense intellectualism of the Vedânta philosophy, the exaggerated monism which that philosophy proclaimed.

The Bhakta or devotee passes through five successive stages, _Sânta_ or resigned contemplation of the deity is the first, and from it he passes into _Dâsya_ or the practice of worship and service, whence to _Sákhya_ or friendship, which warms into _Bâtsalya_, filial affection, and lastly rises to _Mádhurya_ or earnest, all-engrossing love.

The chief interest of the poem consists in its being a vigorous attack on the Vedânta system by a follower of the Pûr.naprajña school, which was founded by Madhva (or Ânandatîrtha) in the thirteenth century in the South of India.

Hence a systematic discussion of the Vedânta-texts must he undertaken in order that their sense may be fully ascertained--We agree.

The consideration of the Udgîtha and the like, which is supplementary to works only, finds a place in the Vedânta-texts, only because like them it is of the nature of knowledge; but it has no direct connexion with the true topic of those texts.