Ānanda Bhaṭṭa was a 16th or 17th century
Bengali
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Shaivaite
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commentator on
Vedanta
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He is the author of the ''Vallalacharita'', supposedly written at the behest of the Raja of
Nabadvip,
Buddhimanta Khan.
Editions:
*''Vedantakaumudi on the Vijnanabhairava'', ed. Mukunda Rama Sastri, 1918.
Vedanta
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