The central figure of this colorful thanka is Vajrakila (Do-rje-phur-pa), a wrathful winged deity with six arms and three heads whose ritual attribute, the triangular shaped Kila (phur-pa) comprises the pedestal on which he and his consort trample evil demons (Rudra-Mara).
The kila or phur-pa is a hand held ritual weapon with a triangular blade whose protective power is used for piercing and subduing demons and spirits by pinning them to the ground.The central image is surrounded by ten smaller nearly identical Vajrakila images in which the upper torso is that of a wrathful, protective deity while the lower half of the body preserves the shape of the triangular phur-pa blade. All these images are shown in their destructive mode pinning evil spirits to the ground and wearing the tiger skins, crowns of skulls, and garlands of severed heads of their conquered adversaries.Across the bottom of the thanka are four guardian deities and, at the top, are two groups of three monks flanking a central image of Padmasambava.