Image title: Dipamkara Buddha

This is a depiction of Dipamkara 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/Sanskrit: Dīpaṃkara (दीपंकर), Dīpaṅkara (दीपङ्कर, Dipankara);
Burmese: ဒီပင်္ကရာ
Sinhala: දීපඞ්කර බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Dipankara Budun Wahanse)

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

මේ පන් දහසෙන් - බුදු ගුණ
දීපංකර මුණි - වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration

mē pan dahasen - budu guṇa
dīpaṅkara muṇi - vandinemi

Transliteration:

me pan dahasen - budu guna
dipankara 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.