There is a group of five unidentified figures above the Durgatipari odhana Ma ala that occupies the west panel on the south wall of Yulin cave 3. By exploring selected Sanskrit literature, including two famous12 th century sādhana compendiums, Sādhanamālā and Ni hpannayogāvalīas as well as their Tibetan translations,this paper identifies the five figures as Pacarak ā. It also further discusses the iconographic composition and features of this depiction of Pacarak ā through a comparative research of this group and other Pacarak āimages from Nepal, Tibet, and Tangut in China. All the Tangut Pacarak ā images seen today are identical to the depiction of Sādhana No.206 in Sādhanamālā, which may because of the high esteem held for Ba ri Lo t Sā ba and other Sakya masters within this iconographic system.