The figure of Akshobhya Buddha is painted in gold in the center of the thang-ka, in vajrasana and bhumisparshamudra on the elephant throne. The image is drawn on gold with thin red lines. On its sides are painted the bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjushri, standing on two lotus corollas, holding the flower stalks on which rest their usual attributes, the kalasha and the sword, respectively. Above the halo there is a small figure of the Buddha himself surmounted by a canopy. On the sides are painted temples, stupas and scenes of devotion; in the lower center, the Guardian King of the East. The gold of the central figure and all the small images that fill the residual space makes this work appear to the eye almost like a thang-ka with a golden background (gser-thang).
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Title:Akshobhya the Buddha of the eastern direction