Image title: Padumuttara Buddha

This is a depiction of Padumuttara 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: Padumuttara;
Sanskrit: Padmottara (पद्मोत्तर);
Burmese: ပဒုမုတ္တရဘုရား
Sinhala: පදුමුත්තර බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Padumuththara Budun Wahanse)

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

හදවත් මෙන්සිසි - ලෙන් නිති
පදුමුත්තර මුණි - වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration

hadavat mensisi - len niti
padumuttara muṇi - vandinemi

Transliteration:

hadavat mensisi - len niti
padumuttara 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.