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TRAMPLING OF HINDU GODS & GODDESSES : ESOTERICISM OR SECTARIANISM ?

It's is well known that Hindu gods are included in tantrik Buddhist pantheon. It is seen that at some places Hindu gods are given as humiliating roles to be trampled upon by Buddhistic god's. Today let's discuss on significance of such tantric arts, what was intention behind trampling of hindu dieties?how it should be interpreted? What is real reason behind those figures- esotericism or sectarianism? What does those art convey and signify? First of all let's look some examples of trampling of hindu dieties by Buddhist dietes: • Chakrasamvara trampling Bhairava and Kalaratri •Hevajra trampling Brahma,Indra,Vishnu&Shiva •Vajrabhairava trampling Shiva,Vishnu, IndraBrahma,Kartika,Chandra,Surya&Ganesh •Kalachakra trampling Kamadeva- Rati &Rudra-uma • Trailokyavijaya trampling Shiva-Parvati  • Vighnantak trampling Ganesha Now, Let see that what various people concluded from such iconography; Benoytosh Bhattacharjee writes " Buddhist attempted to exhibit the s