Tangka painting showing in the centre a figure of Padmasambhava,conventionally rendered with charactertistic hat (with lappets down) having five discs at the front and holding staff, vajra and skull cap; on each side are his wives and he is surrounded by figures of his 25 disciples enclosed in foliage tendrils, Amitabha Shadakshavi, the green and white Taras and a Nagaraja; the elaborate lotus throne in which he sits appears to grow out of water. The majority of the figures are identified by inscriptions written in standard or cursive Tibetan script. A large prayer addressed to Padmasambhava arranged in the form of a stupa is written on the back.
The mount, which is wider than the painting, is of black cotton, with curtains of pale yellow-green silk and with two pink ribbons; the battens are of wood formerly painted red, and with turned ends.