Image title: Sikhi Buddha

This is a depiction of Sikhi 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: Sikhi or Sikhī;
Sanskrit: Śikhin (शिखिन्, Shikhin) or Śikhī (शिखी, Shikhi);
Burmese: သိခီဘုရား
Sinhala: සිඛී බුදුන් වහන්සේ (Sikhi Budun Wahanse)

Transcription of Sinhala text (not proofread):

කිපී පැමිණි වසවත් - බල
සිඛී මුණිඳු නමදිමි මම

Transliteration:

kipī pæmiṇi vasavat - bala
sikhī muṇindu namadimi mama

Transliteration:

kipi pamini vasavat - bala
sikhi munindu namadimi mama

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.