sMan-lha bde-gshegs-brgyad (The Eight bDe-gshegs, who are Medicine gods)

The Eight bDe-gshegs are obscure. In the thangka one large deity is in the center and seven smaller deities are around him. All of them have the earth touching hand posture (bhumisparsamudra with their right hands and hold a medicine jar each in their left hands on the left thighs.