# New York, Asia Society Museum, bronze label

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00180

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00180.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-11-14 17:59
(8dd1912)

## Summary

Dedication of a Buddhist bronze, possibly from Nākappaṭṭiṉam. Asia
Society Museum, New York, acc. no. 1979.15. The inscription is engraved
on the lotus pedestal (Karashima & Subbarayalu 2002, p. 58).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Irājen¡t!⟨d⟩racōḻa-p-perumpaḷḷi Akkacālai-p-perum-paḷḷi Āḻvār
kōyilukku tiru-v-utsavam Eḻun=taruḷa Āḻvār

Ivv-āḻvārai Eḻun=taruḷuvit=tār ciṟutavūr nālāṅkuṇākara-Uṭaiyār

⟨2⟩ ↜ svasti śrī

pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-eṇ-viṣaiyattukkum Akkacālaikaḷ nāyakar ↝

## Translation by Karashima & Subbarayalu 2002

⟨1⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the āḻvār for a festival procession of the temple of
Akkacālai-perumpaḷḷi in Rājendracōḻa-perumpaḷḷi.

⟨1⟩ This āḻvār was set up by Nālaṅ-kuṇākara-uṭaiyār of Ciṟutavūr.

⟨2⟩ Let it be auspicious!

⟨2⟩ ⟨This āḻvār called⟩ Akkacālaikaḷ-nāyakar is for all the
Patineṇ-viṣaiyam.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the lord, so that he graciously rises[1] ⟨at⟩ the glorious
festival ⟨time⟩, ⟨donated⟩ to the temple of the lord of the
perumpaḷḷi[2] of the akkacālai[3] in the perumpaḷḷi of Rājendra Cōḻa.

⟨1⟩ Nālāṅ Kuṇākara Uṭaiyār had this lord graciously risen.[4]

⟨2⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2⟩ The lord of the akkacālai ⟨is⟩ for[5] the ⟨merchant guild of⟩
Patiṉ-eṇ Viṣaiyam.

## Bibliography

Edited in Cupparāyalu 1993 and Karashima & Subbarayalu 2002, with a
delineation.

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Cupparāyalu 1993 and Karashima
& Subbarayalu 2002 and visual documentation therein.

### Primary

[C] Cupparāyalu, E. 1993. “nākappaṭṭiṉam cūṭāmaṇi vihārattaic cērnta oru
putiya pattar paṭimam.” Āvaṇam 3, pp. 43–47.

[K&S] Karashima, Noboru & Y. Subbarayalu. 2002. “Goldsmiths and
Padinen-vishayam: A bronze Buddha image of Nagapattinam.” In: Ancient
and medieval commercial activities in the Indian Ocean: Testimony of
inscriptions and ceramic-sherds. Report of the Taisho University
research project, 1997-2002. Edited by Karashima, Noboru. Tokyo: Taisho
University, pp. 56–61.

[1] That is, as a procession image.

[2] That is, a Buddhist shrine.

[3] Litteraly, metal works; designates the community of the metalsmiths.

[4] That is, he commissioned the bronze.

[5] That is, this image has been donated for the merit/benefit of the
merchant guild.