Image title: Kondanna Buddha

This is a depiction of Kondanna 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: Koṇḍañña;
Sanskrit: Kauṇḍinya (कौण्डिन्य, Kaundinya);
Burmese: ကောဏ္ဍညဘုရား;
Sinhala: කොණ්ඩඤ්ඤ බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Kondanna Budun Wahanse)

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

පින් බලයෙන් ලොව් - කුරු බව
කොණ්ඩඤ්ඤය මුණි. වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration

pin balayen lov - kuru bava
koṇḍaññaya muṇi. vandinemi

Transliteration:

pin balayen lov - kuru bava
kondaññaya 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.