# Cellūr, label to a bronze of standing Buddha in abhaya

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00025

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00025.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

Label on a Buddhist bronze.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Irācar nāyakar

## Translation

⟨1⟩ ⟨Image representing⟩ the Lord ⟨of⟩ the king/kings[1] OR ⟨Image set
up by⟩ the general of the king.[2]

## Bibliography

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos
(Emmanuel Francis, 2012). Thanks to R. Balasubramanian, Curator of
Archaeology, Government Museum, Chennai, for providing access to the
bronze and allowing photography.

### Secondary

[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 260,
292, item 13.

[1] That is, the Buddha.

[2] That is, the donor.