Habarana Tampita Rajamaha Viharaya: photo 16
Photo 16 of 49 in Gallery: Habarana Tampita Rajamaha Viharaya
Image title: Saranankara Buddha
Description of the photo
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.
Photo details:
Date: 2023-09-01
Camera: SONY ILCE-6400
Exposure: 1/160
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Focal length: 18mm
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Size: 2.63 MB
Resolution: 2692 x 2954
© Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0