Buddhism widely entered the mind of the subcontinent in approximately 543 BCE, and Gautama Buddha is widely considered one of the later avatars, or incarnations, of supreme Lord Vishnu in Vaidika Dharma, or The Religion of the Vedas. While in traditional and Vaishnava (devotees of Sri Vishnu and Sri Lakshmi) paradigms, Vishnu had only Ten incarnations (see picture), more universalist pandits of Sanatana Dharama also include Zoroaster, Mahavira (of Jainism), Jesus Christ, Muhammed, and Bahaullah of the Bahai as among his incarnations.
Buddhist scriptures were dispersed in Tibet from India during between the second and third century CE. Tibetan Buddhism as seen today was largely due to the influence of mystic Padmasambhava in about 800 CE.
The "Cobra Pearls" examined from Khmer, Laos, and Tibet are quite different artifacts, however they are also held in reverence under a variety of names, and a variant tradition blessed by monks instead of priests. Rather than puja, a traditional installation for a Cobra Pearl is reputed to be saying the following prayer from Pali Buddhism:
Nat mer da mokaruna, phut phra ni ya yin du
phutto phuttannak kantang, arahung phutto nat no phutta yat,
nat cha rit ti nak mak pak jak pak kak sak na hein na ruk na tat
na hein na ruk na tat na zhong o ae o ark
phutto o lert o o putto.
However, we at Divine Net Galleries presently have no clerical contact within the Buddhist knowledge base commensurate to our Vedic counterparts; we are offering these insights as one additional body of reference material in primary agency of The Sacred Pearls to the Vedic tradition.