Are varnavada and sphotavada studied in academic circles?

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Varanawad, Spotawad roughly the schools of thought they are taught in academic universities also Yes, Siji Goswami his contribution was not that he thought of these things these are existing schools of thought but he presented them in a bhakti framework So that way the Varanawad as I said that that itself is often related with Karma Mimamsa where often the gods are also considered to be the servants of the mantras that means if the exact mantra is recited the god has to come over it so it is that mantra is recited and then the god is summoned by the power of the mantra and god the word god I am not referring to supreme being the devatas, the gods they are forced to come because even they are subordinate to the power of the mantras that is the idea the mantra themselves are considered to be extremely powerful and they are often considered as sources of independent power, higher than the power of gods so what Jeeva Goswami has done is he has taken the existing schools of thought that were there and often these were not necessarily devotional so he has explained them in a devotional perspective so that’s how it is so my question is Krishna is inside the heart so we are chanting allowing Krishna to come through the ear so is Krishna coming from outside to go inside and explore