Gods, Goddesses and Religious Symbols of Hinduism, Buddhism and Tantrism [Including Tibetan Deities]

Contents: 1. Why this book? 2. Introduction. 3. Religions in Nepal. 4. Why images? 5. Why and how image worship? 6. Why many Gods and Goddess? 7. Hindu deities not constant. 8. Why some deities have many arms and heads? 9. Why Saturday is holiday in Nepal? 10. Why animals as vahana or vehicle? 11. Why animal sacrifices? 12. Basic concepts of Hinduism. 13. About cows and taboo about beef. 14. Some unique Hindu Gods and Goddesses in Nepal. 15. Gods and Goddesses. 16. Major Hindu deities. 17. Ten incarnations of Vishnu. 18. Vishwarupa. 19. Goddesses. 20. Yama (God of death). 21. Nagas (Snake deities). 22. General feature of Buddhism. 23. Buddhist deities. 24. Pantheon of Vajrayana Buddhism. 25. Hybrid deities. 26. Tantric deities. 27. Tibetan Buddhism. 28. Tibetan deities. 29. Summary of Tibetan deities. 30. Important Tibetan deities. 31. Some distinguished masters. 32. Glossary. 33. Select references. 34. Index.