One text I read, said that Viet multi-armed Avalokiteshvara indicates "Mantrayana", which I believe is another term for tantric buddhism
Yes, that’s correct. Also “esoteric Buddhism” is a common term in East Asia that is ~ equivalent to “Vajrayana”/“Tantrayana.”
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As far as I know, multi-armed deities are exclusively tantric (but that’s by induction; don’t think I’ve specifically read it
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Sometimes I see the multi armed one in psychedelic (tantric) temples, but sometimes i see one in a plain pure land type setting
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