Image title: Anomadassi Buddha

This is a depiction of Anomadassi 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 also the first Buddha of the Vara kalpa.

Pali: Anoma or Anomadassi;
Sanskrit: Anavamadarśin (अनवमदर्शिन्, Anavama-Darśin, Anavamadarsin) or Anavamadarśī (अनवमदर्शी, Anavama-Darśī, Anavamadarsi);
Burmese: အနောမဒဿီဘုရား;
Sinhala: අනෝමදස්සි බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Anomadassi Budun Wahanse);

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

දෙනෝ දහස් දැන - නට සෙන
අනෝම දස්මුණි - වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration:

denō dahas dæna - naṭa sena
anōma dasmuṇi - vandinemi

Transliteration:

deno dahas dana - nata sena
anoma dasmuni - 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.