Kassapa Buddha

Image title: Kassapa 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. He was the last Buddha before the historical Gautama Buddha, though living long before him.

Pali: Kassapa;
Sanskrit: Kāśyapa (काश्यप);
Burmese: ကဿပ;
Sinhala: කාශ්‍යප බුදුන් වහන්සේ (kashyapa budun vahanse);

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

විස්මින බුදුබල - ලොවටම
කස්සප මුණි රජ - වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration:

vismina budubala - lovaṭama
kassapa muṇi raja - vandinemi

Transliteration:

vismina budubala - lovatama
kassapa muni raja - 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: 2.13 MB
Resolution: 2256 x 2584
© Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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