From what I understand from what my father (a Hare Krishna) has told me, the Hindu pantheon is soft polytheistic - different aspects/avatars/what-have-you of one deity. So, how does this fit in with other pantheons from a Hindu perspective? Are gods from other pantheons separate from this? Or are they also aspects/avatars/what-have-you of the one god? Or are they just totally disregarded/seen as not existing?
Likewise, how are the Hindu gods seen from the perspective of a hard polytheist? Are they all seen as separate, or is it a case of "Okay, sure, all the Hindu gods are really different aspects/etc. of the one, but gods from [insert pantheon] are different/separate?" Or is that something that depends on the person?
Thank you.
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