The University of Nalanda c14.39

c14.39

Despite his versatility in all branches of knowledge, Atīśa wrote by far the greater number of books on *Tantra*. A mere perusal of their names makes a most instructive reading. They reveal the fact that by the time of Atiśa, that is to say, 1000 A. D., Buddhists had incorporated almost all the gods of the Hindu pantheon, and that Avatokiteśvara, Tārā, etc., were not the only gods and goddesses that were worshipped.¹ Such works are: