From the Namasangiti Tantra, Manjushri appears here white in colour (painted in gold) with one face and four hands — holding aloft the sword of wisdom, the stem of a lotus bearing the Prajnaparamita Sutra at his ear, and a bow and arrow in the lower pair.
Crowned and adorned with jewels and coloured silks, he sits in vajra posture on a lion-supported throne, flanked by playing white elephants. The surrounding field is filled with one hundred small forms of Manjushri displaying his three most common postures. Below appear a lama receiving offerings, the wealth deity Jambhala, and the long-life buddha Amitayus. The Manjushri Namasangiti Tantra, memorized by lamas of all traditions, was first translated into Tibetan in the 8th century. The rich colours and crowded composition suggest a Southern Tibetan style with strong Nepali influence.
