Ratnakarashanti

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Ratnakarashanti (Skt. Ratnākaraśānti; Wyl. rin chen 'byung gnas zhi ba) was a famous abbot at the great monastic university of Vikramashila in India. Under the name of Shantipa (Śāntipa), he was also one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas, the great realized masters of the vajrayana teachings. He was a contemporary and a teacher of Atisha.