Habarana Tampita Rajamaha Viharaya: photo 37
Photo 37 of 49 in Gallery: Habarana Tampita Rajamaha Viharaya
Image title: Konagamana Buddha
Description of the photo
This is a depiction of Kassapa 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.
Pali: Konagamana or Koṇāgamana;
Sanskrit: Kanakamuni (कनकमुनि, Kanaka-Muni);
Burmese: ကောဏာဂုံ;
Sinhala: කෝණාගමන බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Konagamana Budun Wahanse)
Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):
පානා මෙන් සිසි - ලෙන් සෙන
කෝනාගම මුණි - වඳිනෙමි
Transliteration:
pānā men sisi - len sena
kōnāgama muṇi - vandinemi
Transliteration:
pana men sisi - len sena
konagama 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: 2.69 MB
Resolution: 2429 x 2892
© Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0