Image title: Tanhankara Buddha

This is a depiction of Tanhankara Buddha: One of the twenty-eight Buddhas, according to the Buddhavamsa of the Pali canon. In other words: one of the twenty-seven Buddhas who preceded the historical Gautama Buddha. He was also the first Buddha of the Saramanda Kalpa.

Pali: Taṇhaṅkara, Taṇhaṃkara (Tanhamkara);
Sanskrit: Tṛṣṇaṃkara (तृष्णंकर, Trishnamkara, Trsnamkara), Tṛṣṇaṅkara (तृष्णङ्कर, Trishnankara, Trsnankara).
Burmese: တဏှင်္ကရာ ဘုရား
Sinhala: තණ්හංකර

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

දැන් පින් බලයෙන් ලොව සෙන
තන්හන්කර මුණි වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration

dæn pin balayen lova sena
tanhankara muṇi vandinemi

Transliteration:

dan pin balayen lova sena
tanhankara muni vandinemi

Gallery information:

These photos show the Habarana Tampita Rajamaha Vihara [Viharaya] which is a small Buddhist temple situated in Habarana (Sri Lanka) built during the Kandyan era. Technically, a “Tampita Vihara [Viharaya]” refers to a certain structure built on a wooden platform which itself rests on stones. According to tradition, this temple was built by king Vasabha (65-109 AD) of the Anuradhapura kingdom.