Image title: Phussa Buddha

This is a depiction of Phussa 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 Manda kalpa which was formed 92 aeons ago.

Pali: Phussa;
Sanskrit: Puṣya (पुष्य);
Burmese: ဖုဿဘုရား;
Sinhala: ඵුස්ස බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Phussa Budun Wahanse)

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

රැස්ව සිටිය මර - බලසෙන්
වුස්ස මුණිදු - වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration:

ræsva siṭiya mara - balasen
vussa muṇidu - vandinemi

Transliteration:

rasva sitiya mara - balasen
vussa munidu - 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.