Dipankara Buddha is a deity of Mahayana Buddhism.  He is the “Enlightener” and one of the earliest of the many predecessors of Gautama Buddha added as the twenty fifth.  He said to have come from Deepavati, a mythological city.  At the moment of his birth there was a miraculous manifestation of a large number of bright lamps (Dipa), hence he was named Dipankar.

Dipankara Buddha is believed to have lived 100,000 years on earth.  Dipankara Buddha represented with the right hand in Abhaya Mudra and the left in the Verada Mudra.  He is either sitting or standing with the monastic garment draped over the left shoulder with pleated edges, whereas the lower garments are pleated in the manner of a flowering skirt.

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