Image title: Saranankara Buddha

This is a depiction of Saranankara 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 third Buddha of the Saramanda kalpa and the predecessor of Dipamkara Buddha.

Pali: Saraṇaṅkara, Saraṇaṃkara, Saranamkara;
Sanskrit: Śaraṇaṃkara (शरणंकर, Sharanamkara, Saranamkara), Śaraṇaṅkara (शरणङ्कर, Sharanankara, Saranankara);
Burmese: ပဒသရဏင်္ကရာ ဘုရား
Sinhala: සරණංකර බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Saranankara Budun Wahanse)

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

දරුවන් දැන්දී - මරුවන්
සරණංකර මුණි - වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration

daruvan dændī - maruvan
saraṇaṅkara muṇi - vandinemi

Transliteration:

daruvan dandi - maruvan
saranankara 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.