Modelling is achieved through simple, yet perfectly drawn lines, allowing the figures to flow with a mannered elegance that is unique in compositions of this size. The consonance between individual miniatures is unsurpassed in any other Pala manuscript. The asanas , or postures of the deities, complement each other perfectly. Outer figures lean towards the central deity on each leaf, leading the eye towards the matrix of the mandala. Large body halos that engulf a number of the deities are red, while the background is consistently dark slate blue.
Accessories also correspond to the basic colour scheme.
In fact, the balance between the surviving 18 miniatures is so considered that although The Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita was a bound volume, there is little doubt that the composition was intended to be assembled and viewed as a mandala.