One text I read, said that Viet multi-armed Avalokiteshvara indicates "Mantrayana", which I believe is another term for tantric buddhism
Well a lot of stuff seems to have crossed over in both directions. One would have to go back to the earliest stuff
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I recently saw one of the 11 headed ones with a buddha standing on top. domestication?
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The basic origin myth for yogatantra and above is the forced conversion of non-Buddhist deities/demons, so probably yes
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I still don't have a handle on Siva tantra Either. How did His iconography develop?
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Yeah, I basically know zero about Hindu anything.
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