The University of Nalanda c12.21

c12.21

It is a little surprising that neither Hiuen Tsiang nor I-Tsing speak of any of the Tāntric images and their worship. I-Tsing only refers to the images of Buddha and Hārītī,² and Hiuen Tsiang, though he does mention Tārā,³ Avalokiteśvara, Hārītī,⁴ Buddha, Bodhisattva, never speaks of any other image, such as Mārīcī, Jambhala, Mahākāla—all Tāntric images—or of Viṣṇu, Śiva, Pārvatī, Sūrya, Gaṇeśa, and many others which have been discovered at Nālandā and many places in Magadha.