The eminent Bengali teacher Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (ca. 980-1055) from Vikramaśila university was invited to West Tibet and became the pivot of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet. Wearing monastic garments and a paṇḍita cap, he is shown seated in meditation posture on a moon disk placed upon an elevated lotus in the centre. His hands are placed at his heart in the dharma teaching gesture. Close to him stands a golden stūpa on the left and a treasure basket to the right. A Buddha figure with an alms-bowl in his lap is shown in the upper left and the goddess White Tārā in the upper right corner. In the lower left corner Atiśa’s main disciple, Dromtön (‘Brom ston, 1005-1064 CE), is depicted, and on the left another disciple Ngog Legpai Sherab (Rngog legs pa’i shes rab, 1059-1109).