Glossary: Hindu/Buddhist - Buddhist/Hindu Relationships Guide

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Hindu God - Buddhist Deity & Creatures:

- Apsaras - Apsaras
- Bhairava - Vajrabhairava, Manjushri, Mahakala
- Brahma - Brahma
- Chamundi - Shri Devi
- Chandika - Shri Devi
- Chandra - Chandra
- Chinnamasta - Vajrayogini
- Durga - Shri Devi
- Ganesha - Ganapati, Lokeshvara
- Garuda - Garuda
- Indra - Hevajra
- Kali - Shri Devi
- Karttikeya - Manjushri
- Kinnara - Kinnara
- Kirtimukha - Kirtimukha
- Kumara - Manjushri
- Lakshmi - Shri Lakshmi
- Mahavidya, Dasa
--- Kali - Shri Devi
--- Tara - Tara
--- Chinnamasta - Vajrayogini
--- Bhairavi - Shri Devi
- Manasa - Janguli
- Ushas - Marichi
- Matraka, Sapta
--- Varahi (related to Varaha) - Vajrayogini
- Naga (serpent figure)
- Parvati - Uma
- Ratri (Kalaratri) - Kalaratri
- Sarasvati - Sarasvati
- Shiva - Lokeshvara, Amoghapasha, Mahadeva, Chakrasamvara
- Skanda - Manjushri
- Surya - Surya
- Varaha - Vajrayogini
- Vishnu - Lokeshvara, Amoghapasha
--- Buddha Avatar - Shakyamuni Buddha
--- Kalki Avatar - Kalkin Vidyadhara
- Rudra, Shiva - Mara
- Ushas - Marichi
- Vyala - Vyala
- Yama - Yama 'Judge of the Dead,' Yama Dharmaraja
- Others...

Buddhist Deity - Hindu God & Creatures:

- Agni - Agni
- Amoghapasha - Vishnu, Shiva
- Apsaras - Apsaras
- Avalokiteshvara (see Lokeshvara)
- Bhudevi - Bhudevi
- Brahma - Brahma
- Chakrasamvara - Shiva
- Chandra - Chandra
- Ganapati, Lokeshvara - Ganesha
- Garuda - Garuda
- Hevjara - Indra
- Janguli - Manasa
- Kalaratri - Ratri (Kalaratri)
- Kalkin Vidyadhara (Kalachakra) - Kalki Avatar (Vishnu)
- Kinnara - Kinnara
- Kirtimukha - Kirtimukha
- Lokeshvara - Shiva, Vishnu, Ganapati
- Mahakala - Shiva, Bhairava
- Manjushri - Skanda, Kumara, Karttikeya, Bhairava
- Mara - Rudra, Shiva
- Marichi - Ushas
- Naga - Naga (serpent figure)
- Raksha - Raksha
- Sarasvati - Sarasvati
- Shakyamuni Buddha - Buddha Avatar (Vishnu)
- Shri Devi - Chandika, Kali, Chamundi, Durga, Bhairavi
- Shri Lakshmi (Pal Lamo) - Lakshmi
- Surya - Surya
- Takkiraja - Kamadeva
- Tara - Tara
- Uma (Lokeshvara Mahadeva) - Parvati
- Vajrabhairava - Bhairava, Shiva
- Vajrayogini - Chinnamasta, Varaha, Varahi
- Vayudeva - Vayudeva
- Vyala - Vyala
- Yama - Yama 'Judge of the Dead'
- Others...

Jeff Watt 4-2015