[PAR] [TLE] Ratnākaraśānti [SEP] Ratnākaraśānti (also known as Śāntipa) (c. 1000 CE) was one of the eighty-four Buddhist Mahāsiddhas and the chief debate-master at the monastic university of Vikramashila.  At Vikramashila he was instructed by Nāropa, and taught both Atiśa and Maitrīpa.  His texts include several influential commentaries to Buddhist tantras, as well as works of philosophy and logic. [PAR] [TLE] Atiśa [SEP] Atīśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna (Bengali: অতীশ দীপংকর শ্রীজ্ঞান ; Standard Tibetan: ཇོ་བོ་རྗེ་དཔལ་ལྡན་ཨ་ཏི་ཤ། ; ) (982 - 1054 CE) was a Buddhist Bengali religious leader and master.  He was one of the major figures in the spread of 11th-century Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in Asia and inspired Buddhist thought from Tibet to Sumatra.  In 1013 CE, He traveled to the Srivijaya kingdom and stayed there for 12 years and came back to India.  He is recognised as one of the greatest figures of classical Buddhism, and Atisa's chief disciple Dromtön was the founder of the Kadam School.  Atisa is also considered to be a key figure in the establishment of the Sarma schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
[PAR] [TLE] Ratnākaraśānti [ SEP ] Ratnākaraśānti ( also known as Śāntipa ) ( c. 1000 CE ) was one of the eighty - four Buddhist Mahāsiddhas and the chief debate - master at the monastic university of Vikramashila . At Vikramashila he was instructed by Nāropa , and taught both Atiśa and Maitrīpa . His texts include several influential commentaries to Buddhist tantras , as well as works of philosophy and logic . [PAR] [TLE] Atiśa [ SEP ] Atīśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna ( Bengali : অতীশ দীপংকর শ্রীজ্ঞান ; Standard Tibetan : ཇོ་བོ་རྗེ་དཔལ་ལྡན་ཨ་ཏི་ཤ། ; ) ( 982 - 1054 CE ) was a Buddhist Bengali religious leader and master . He was one of the major figures in the spread of 11th - century Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in Asia and inspired Buddhist thought from Tibet to Sumatra . In 1013 CE , He traveled to the Srivijaya kingdom and stayed there for 12 years and came back to India . He is recognised as one of the greatest figures of classical Buddhism , and Atisa 's chief disciple Dromtön was the founder of the Kadam School . Atisa is also considered to be a key figure in the establishment of the Sarma schools of Tibetan Buddhism .
Dromton's teacher was the disciple of a man who was one of how many Buddhist Mahasiddhas?
Dromton 's teacher was the disciple of a man who was one of how many Buddhist Mahasiddhas ?
eighty-four
eighty-four