Saraṇaṅkara
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Saraṇaṅkara is the third of the twenty-seven buddhas who preceded the historical Gotama Buddha in some traditions.[1] He was also the third Buddha of the Sāramaṇḍa kalpa and the predecessor of Dīpaṃkara Buddha.[2]
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Sanskrit | Śaraṇaṃkara |
Pāli | Saraṇaṅkara |
Burmese | သရဏင်္ကရာ ဘုရား |
Sinhala | සරණංකර බුදුන් වහන්සේ Saranankara Budun Wahanse |
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Venerated by | Theravada |
Preceded by Medhaṅkara Buddha Succeeded by Dīpankara Buddha | |
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In the Buddhavamsa of the Pali canon, he is briefly mentioned as:
Innumerable aeons ago, Taṇhaṅkara Buddha, Medhaṅkara Buddha, Saraṇaṅkara Buddha and Dīpaṃkara Buddha were born in the Sāramaṇḍa kalpa[citation needed]