Gunaprabha

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Gunaprabha (Skt. Guṇaprabha; T. yon tan 'od ཡོན་ཏན་འོད་) (b. 7th century[1]). A disciple of Vasubandhu famous for his scholarship in Vinaya teachings.[2]

His works include:[2]

Gunaprabha is also the name of a Buddha in the presence of whom the buddha Kusumadatta (243 according to the third enumeration) first gave rise to the mind of awakening.[2]

Notes

  1. RW icon height 18px.png Gunaprabha, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Internet-icon.svg ཡོན་ཏན་འོད་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary

Further Reading

  • Paul K. Nietupski, 'Guṇaprabha’s Vinayasūtra Corpus: Texts and Contexts', JIATS 5, 2009 (Available online here)