• Also called Guṇākarabhadra. Note that Guṇaprabha, q.v., is also represented in Tibetan by Yon tan 'od.
• See Kosambi and Gokhale, Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa, p. lxxvi.
• Jean Filliozat, ed. and tr., Yogaśataka: Texte médical attribué à Nāgārjuna, Publications de l'Institut Française d'Indologie no. 62, Institut Français d'Indologie (Pondichéry 1979), p. xiv. He composed his commentary on the Yogaratnamālā (attributed to Nāgārjuna) in 1239.
• A seal of a person by this name was found at Nālandā. Hiranand Sastri, Nālandā, p. 60.
• Sharma, Re-Assessment, p. 72.
• See the entry "Gunaprabha" at http://www.rigpawiki.org, which includes a painting.

Bibliography:

• Āścaryayogamālā.
  • Moriguchi, p. 16. The author's name in full is Śrī Śvetāmbarapaṇḍita Guṇākara. This might suggest that he belonged to a branch of the Jaina religion (Śvetāmbara means 'White Clothed').
  • On what would seem to be a Indian manuscript found at Sa skya Monastery, see Dge 'dun chos 'phel, Works, vol. 1, p. 32.