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]
- Vinayasūtra ('dul ba'i mdo)
- Hundred Karma (las rgya)
- A commentary on Summary of the Five Heaps
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
- ↑
Gunaprabha, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
ཡོན་ཏན་འོད་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Further Reading
- Paul K. Nietupski, 'Guṇaprabha’s Vinayasūtra Corpus: Texts and Contexts', JIATS 5, 2009 (Available online here)