Atisa Dipa?kara Srij馻na (Bengali: ???? ??????? ????????? 詔ish Dip鬾gkor Srig阯; Sanskrit: ???? ??????? ?????????[ ; Atisa Dipa?kara- srij馻na; Chinese: ?????; pinyin: R醤deng J韝i醤gzh? (980-1054 CE) was a Buddhist teacher from the Pala Empire in Bengal.

Atisa was one of the major figures in the spread of 11th-century Mahayana Buddhism in Asia and inspired Buddhist thought from Tibet to Sumatra. Revered as one of the great figures of classical Buddhism; Atisa was a key figure in the establishment of the Sarma schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Pictures From History