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*Guṇaprabha (Yon tan ‘od)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Tôh. nos. 4044, 4045, 4067, 4117, 4118, 4119, 4122.
  • Chimpa, THBI, pp. 18, 176-177, 179, 197, 210, 254.
  • Schaeffer, Crystal: Dngul sgong list no. 4 (Yon tan 'od); not in other three lists.
  • Obermiller, Bu ston, pt. 2, pp. 148, 160-161.
  • Niyogi, SBM, p. 287.
  • Ldan dkar ma (Lalou nos. 560, 640): Bzang po spyod pa'i bshad sbyar / Slob dpon Yon tan 'od kyis mdzad pa. Phung po lnga'i 'grel pa / Slob dpon Yon tan 'od kyi[s] mdzad pa.
  • Blue Annals, pp. 868, 1011, 1016.
  • Lancaster, PRS, p. 304.
  • Mkhas pa'i dga' ston, p. 1466 (his life, disciple of Vasubandhu, expert in Vinaya).
  • Nakamura, pp. 147, 280.
  • Sherburne, p. 131.
  • Mookerji, Ancient, p. 513. According to Hsuan-tsang's testimony, he wrote a work called Tattvasandeśa Śāstra.
  • Dungkar Rinpoche's dictionary, p. 1872, has a brief biography.
  • Amy Farrington, History of Gunaprabha, Sakya News (Summer 2007), p. 7. This publication is available online.

Bibliography:

  • Bodhisattvabhūmivṛtti (Byang chub sems dpa'i sa'i 'grel pa). Tôh. no. 4044. Dergé Tanjur, vol. 'I, folios 141r.1-182r.2. Tr. by Dīpaṅkāraśrījñāna and Tshul khrims rgyal ba.
    • ACIP data version available.
    • Nakamura, p. 280.
    • EoB. A rather lengthy text in 9 chapters (outlined).
  • Bodhisattvaśīlaparivartabhāṣya (Byang chub sems dpa'i tshul khrims kyi le'u bshad pa). Tôh. no. 4045. Dergé Tanjur, vol. 'I, folios 182r.2-191r.2. Tr. by Prajñāvarma and Ye shes sde.
  • Ekottarakarmaśataka (Las brgya rtsa gcig pa). Tôh. no. 4118. Dergé Tanjur, vol. WU, folios 100v.1-259r.7. Tr. by Jinamitra and Klu'i rgyal mtshan.
  • Pañcaskandhavivaraṇa (Phung po lnga rnam par 'grel pa). Tôh. no. 4067. Dergé Tanjur, vol. SI, folios 1v.1-31v.7. Tr. by Jinamitra, Dānaśīla and Ye shes sde.
  • Vinayasūtra ('Dul ba'i mdo). Tôh. no. 4117. Dergé Tanjur, vol. WU, folios 1v.1-100r.7. Tr. by Jinamitra and Klu'i rgyal mtshan.
    • This along with its autocommentary found in Sanskrit at Zhwa lu Monastery. See SERS, p. 112.
    • Dge 'dun chos 'phel, Works (1990), vol. 1, p. 21 lists an Indian manuscript at Zha lu. There is a comment on the mchan-notes in the commentary, saying that they were written by one Śīlākara, whom Dge 'dun chos 'phel (rightly, I think) identifies with Steng pa Lo tsā ba Tshul khrims 'byung gnas.
    • ACIP data version available.
    • P. V. Bapat, Discovery of a Sanskrit Text: Vinaya-sūtra. Proceedings of the 26th Session of the International Congress of Orientalists (New Delhi 1964), vol. 3, pt. 1 (1969), pp. 343-4.
    • P. V. Bapat, Guṇaprabha's Vinaya-sūtra and his Own Commentary on the Same, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (1979), pp. 47-51.
    • P. V. Bapat, and V.V. Gokhale, Vinaya-Sūtra and the Auto-commentary on the Same by Guṇaprabha, K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute (Patna 1982). Includes Sanskrit text compared with Tibetan text.
    • Luo Hong, A Preliminary Report on a Newly Identified Sanskrit Manuscript of the Vinayasūtra from Tibet, contained in: Ernst Steinkellner, ed., with Duan Qing & Helmut Krasser, Sanskrit Manuscripts in China: Proceedings of a Panel at the 2008 Beijing Seminar on Tibetan Studies, October 13 to 17, China Tibetology Publishing House (Beijing 2009), pp. 195-224.
    • Paul Nietupski, Guṇaprabha's Vinayasūtra Corpus: Texts and Contexts, Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, vol. 5 (December 2009), pp. 1-15. An online publication.
    • Paul Nietupski, The History and Development of Buddhist Monasticism, doctoral dissertation (Columbia 1994).
    • R. Sankrityayana, ed., Vinayasūtra of Bhadanta Gunaprabha, Singhi Jain Series no. 74 (Bombay 1981).
    • Nakamura, p. 327.
    • KCDS, p. 105. Sanskrit palmleaf manuscript now belonging to Potala. Here it has the title Vinayasaṅgrahakārikā.
    • BSM, p. 4 (MBB-I-54). A 35-folio manuscript, dated 1793.
    • Banerjee, SL, p. 44. Notes that there are nine sections.
    • Mtsho sna ba Shes rab bzang po (1250-1300), 'Dul ba mdo rtsa'i rnam bshad nyi ma'i 'od zer legs bshad lung gi rgya mtsho, cited in Agostini, BSF, p. 88. I doubt the dates (he seems to be early 14th century), but this commentary is regarded by all Tibetan Buddhist schools as the most definitive commentary. For a woodblock print in 629 folios, see Drepung Catalog, pp. 1953, 2419.
    • Bandurski, pp. 102-103 (catalogue no. 62). This Sanskrit manuscript is written out in Tibetan script, with interlinear Tibetan-language translations.
    • Bretfeld, p. 46, with references to the literature.
  • Vinayasūtravṛtti ('Dul ba'i mdo'i 'grel pa). Tôh. no. 4122. Dergé Tanjur, vol. LU, folios 1v.1-344r.7 (the entire volume).
    • P. V. Bapat, Guṇaprabha's Vinaya-sūtra and his Own Commentary on the Same, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, vol. 1, no. 2 (1979), pp. 47-51.
    • Bandurski, pp. 97-98, 103 (catalogue nos. 58, 63).
    • According to the following article, it isn't actually by Guṇaprabha, but a compilation by several scholars. Paul Nietupski, Guṇaprabha's Vinayasūtra Corpus: Texts and Contexts, Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, vol. 5 (December 2009), pp. 1-15.
    • Vinayasūtravṛttyabhidhānasvavyākhyāna ('Dul ba'i mdo'i 'grel pa mngon par brjod pa rang gi rnam par bshad pa). Tôh. no. 4119. Dergé Tanjur, vol. ZHU, folios 1v.1-278r.7, continued in vol. ZU, folios 1v.1-274r.7. Tr. by Alaṅkāradeva and Ga rod Tshul khrims 'byung gnas sbas pa.
    • ACIP data version available.
    • Banerjee, SL, p. 44.
    • Bandurski, pp. 100-101 (catalogue no. 61).
    • Bretfeld, p. 46, with references to the literature.