work accomplished by Swaminarayan in Gujarat could not and would never have been achieved by the law." However, in the letter to his nephew, he expressed that Swaminarayan's values didn't align perfectly with his interpretation of Vaishnavism and the love taught by Swaminarayana was all about sentimentalism. Commenting on Gandhi's social work, N.A. Toothi "most of his thought, activities and even methods of most of the institutions which he has been building up and serving, have the flavour of Swaminarayanism, more than that of any other sect of Hindu Dharma." See also Akshar-Purushottam Darshan Notes References Sources Printed sources Web-sources External links 1781 births 1830 deaths 19th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians Indian Hindu spiritual teachers Indian theologians Indian Vaishnavites People considered avatars by their followers Regional Hindu gods 18th-century Hindus 19th-century Hindus Scholars from Uttar Pradesh Swaminarayan Sampradaya Vaishnava saints Vaishnavite religious leaders Vishishtadvaita Vedanta Hindu reformers