Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label
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Apparatus
Translation
⟨1–2⟩ [This is the] pious donation of Nācciyāṇaṉ, the coin tester (vaṇṇakkaṉ).
Bibliography
Edited and translated in Cox 2025 (p. 485), with photograph (fig. 8, p. 503).
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on documentation kindly supplied by Nicolas Revire and on Cox 2025.
Primary
[C] Cox, Whitney. 2025. “Bricks from a Tamil Pagoda.” In: For the Love of Tamil: Essays in Honor of E. Annamalai. Edited by Margherita Trento. Napoli: UniorPress, pp. 479–504.
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