Buddha Śākyamuni is seated in vajrāsana on a lotus, surrounded by a halo and a golden-rimmed mandorla. His left hand holds one end of his kāṣāya in front of his chest while his right one is lowered with the index finger pointing at the ground in the threatening gesture. Once in Śrāvastī fierce protectors appeared on Buddha's behalf and destroyed the seats of six heretics who had challenged the Buddha to perform miracles. Frightened off by Vajrapāṇī and other fierce beings, they leapt into the river as shown in the bottom right corner. Utterly defeated, thousands of the followers of the heretics adopted Buddhist doctrines. On the left side of the throne the four-headed Lord Brahmā offers a dharmawheel to the Buddha. A monk standing next to him presents precious jewels in a bowl. On the opposite side of the throne, Lord Indra offers a conch-shell and the monk behind him a rice maṇḍala to the Buddha. In front of the throne the fierce Vajrapāṇī appears in flames. Next to him a dark-red dharma-protector shows the threating tarjanī-mudrā with his left hand towards the heretics. The scene is embedded in a landscape of trees, stretches of water, and mountains.