# Cellūr bronze of Buddha meditating in vīrāsana

Emmanuel Francis and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis, Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00001

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00001.xml

Language: Pali [Grantha]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

Dhammapada verse inscribed on Buddhist bronze.

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## Edition

1. Uncertain meter

⟨1⟩ Ak(k)occhi maṁ A(va)dh(i m)aṁ ⟨2⟩ A(ji)ni ma[ṁ] Ahāsi me
ye ta ⟨3⟩ Upana(y/v)ahati vera te⟨4⟩sa na (samma)ti

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Ak(k)occhi ⬦ Akkoccha K.

## Bibliography

Edited by Kannan 2015.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis & Vincent Tournier, based on
photos (Emmanuel Francis, 2012). Thanks to the late R. Balasubramanian,
Curator of Archaeology, Government Museum, Chennai, for providing access
to the bronze and allowing photography.

### Primary

[K] Kannan, R. 2015. Manual on the bronzes in the Government Museum,
Chennai. 2nd revised edition. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum,
New series, General section 17.2. Chennai: Government Museum. Pages
263–265, 299, item 20.