Image title: Vipassi Buddha

This is a depiction of Vipassi 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: Vipassi or Vipassī;
Sanskrit: Vipaśyin (विपश्यिन्, Vipashyin) or Vipaśyī (विपश्यी, Vipashyi);
Burmese: ဝိပဿီဘုရား;
Sinhala: විපස්සී බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Wipassi Budun Wahanse)

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

තපස් ගුණය ලොව සැම තැන
විපස්සි මුණි රජ - වඳිනෙමි

Transliteration:

tapas guṇaya lova sæma tæna
vipassi muṇi raja - vandinemi

Transliteration:

tapas gunaya lova sama tana
vipassi 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.