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{{Short description|Indian monk and translator of Mahayana Buddhism}}
{{for|the Jain monk|Guṇabhadra (Jain monk)}}
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'''Gunabhadra''' (394–468; {{langx|sa|गुणभद्र}}, {{lang-zh|p=Qiúnàbátuóluó|w=Ch'iu-na-pa-t'o-lo|s=求那跋陀罗|t=求那跋陀羅}}) was a [[bhikkhu|monk]] and translator of [[Mahayana|Mahayana Buddhism]] from [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]], [[Central India]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Keown |first1=Damien |title=A Dictionary of Buddhism |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780191579172 |page=55}}</ref> His biography is contained in the work of a Chinese monk called [[Sengyou]] entitled ''Chu sanzang ji ji''.

==Life==
Gunabhadra was said to have originally been born into a [[Brahman]] family but studied the ''Miśrakābhidharmahṛdaya'' under a Mahayana master which led to his conversion to Buddhism.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Willemen |first1=Charles |title=Guṇabhadra and Bodhidharma : Remarks about Their School AffiliationI |journal=Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies |date=2013 |pages=33–52 |url=http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/DLMBS/en/search/search_detail.jsp?seq=541580}}</ref>

He traveled to China by sea with [[Gunavarma]] in 435 after first visiting [[Sri Lanka]]. They were both treated as honored guests by [[Emperor Wen of Liu Song]], the ruler of [[Northern and southern China|South China]] at the time. In China, he translated one of the key [[Mahayana sutras]], the ''[[Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra]]'', from [[Sanskrit]] to [[Chinese language|Chinese]], and Vekhanasa Sutra, which forms "a volume from the Issaikyō (a Buddhist corpus), commonly known as Jingo-ji kyō," as it was handed down at the [[Jingo-ji]] temple.<ref name=bimashokyo>{{cite web|last=Guṇabhadra, 394-468|title=Buddhist Sutra "Bimashōkyō"|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11846/|work=[[World Digital Library]]}}</ref>
Before translating the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'', he translated another important sutra, the ''[[The Collation and Annotation of Saṃyuktāgama|Saṃyuktāgama]]'' into Chinese. He continued to be active in other translations and preaching. His Chinese biography also details that he mastered the [[Tripiṭaka]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Glass |first1=Andrew |title=Guṇabhadra, Bǎoyún, and the Saṃyuktāgama |journal=Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies |date=2008 |pages=185–203 |url=https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/download/9002/2895}}</ref>

== Translations ==
CBETA lists the following sutra translations as Gunabhadra's:

* [[Lalitavistara Sūtra|Lalitavistara]] Sūtra
* Śuka Sūtra
* Vekhanassa Sūtra
* Saṃyuktāgama
* [[Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra|Aṅgulimālīka]] Sūtra
* The Birth of Four People in the World Sūtra
* Eleven Contemplations of Mindfulness of the Tathāgata Sūtra
* Mahāmati Sūtra
* Sūtra on Past and Present causes and Effects
* Mahābherīhāraka Sūtra
* The Sūtra of the Bodhisattva's Practice of Skilful Means and Manifestation by Supernormal Powers amidst Sense Ranges
* The [[Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra|Śrīmāla]] Sūtra
* The Attainment of Birth in the Pure Land Dhāraṇī which Severs all Karmic Obstructions
* The Mahāvaipulya Anakṣarakaraṇḍaka Sūtra
* Mahākaśyapa Gives to his Mother Sautra
* The Past Life of the Boy Candra Sūtra
* The Jotiṣka Sūtra
* The Mahallikā Paripṛcchā Sūtra
* The [[Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra|Laṅkāvatara]] Sūtra
* The [[Sandhinirmocana Sutra|Saṃdhinirmocana]] Sūtra
* A separate translation of Chapter 9 of the Saṃdhinirmocana
* The retribution of Advantageous Rewards Sūtra
* The Punishments and Rewards of Turning the Wheel of the Five Paths Sūtra
* The Twelve Chapter Birth and Death Sūtra
* The Four Chapter Dharma Study Sūtra
* The Twelve Dhūta Practice Sūtra
* The Anantamukhasādhakadhāraṇī Sūtra
* The Abhidharmaprakaraṇapāda Śāstra
* The Piṇḍolabharadhvaja Teaches the Dharma to the King of Udayana Sūtra

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194840/http://ignca.nic.in/ks_19007.htm Dunhuang Art - Introduction]
*[https://archive.today/20130120060703/http://www.dailyzen.com/zen/zen_reading0210.asp Zen Readings]

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