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>>16778522
>If the east Asians could have read Shankara
They likely did, the silk road was a trade fest of religious texts. They probably, like most Hindus at the time, instantly recognized his Advaita as a cryptobuddhist offshoot of mainstream Hinduism, one in which it tried to 'atmanize' and anatmanic framework. Obviously they weren't swayed by this self declared refutation, which is why they chose to stick with an already established force (mahayana buddhism). This tells you a lot about Shankara and his propaganda, his followers talk him up in their own texts about going around India converting people yet none of his texts had any profound effects outside of India, furthermore he got easily refuted by Ramanuja and Madhva later on and remains a footnote in religious history.