Ireland bronze Buddha statue, label

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Inscription recording the pious donation (dharma) of Buddhāditya. Engraved on the pedestal of a bronze Buddha statue kept in a private collection in Ireland.

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00170.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00170.xml.

Version: 2026-02-17 12:49 (d5fceca), last modified 2025-10-07 15:44 (7ddf880).

Edition

⟨1⟩ buddhā¿(dh)?ityasya dha(r)mma[ḥ] (||)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ buddhā¿(dh)?⟨d⟩ityasya ⬦ buddhādityasya C. — ⟨1⟩ dha(r)mma[ḥ] (||) ⬦ dharmma[ḥ] C.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ pious donation of Buddhāditya.

Bibliography

Edited and translated in Cox 2025 (p. 484), with photograph (fig. 6, p. 502).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based 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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