New York, Asia Society Museum, bronze label author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00339.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata 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 (, p. 58).

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Irājentdracōḻa-p-perumpaḷḷi Akkacālai-p-perum-paḷḷi Āḻvār kōyilukku tiru-v-utsavam Eḻun=taruḷa Āḻvār

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

* svasti śrī

patinṉ-eṇ-viṣaiyattukkum Akkacālaikaḷ nāyakar *

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

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

Let it be auspicious!

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

This is the lord, so that he graciously risesThat is, as a procession image. at the glorious festival time, donated to the temple of the lord of the perumpaḷḷiThat is, a Buddhist shrine. of the akkacālaiLitteraly, metal works; designates the community of the metalsmiths. in the perumpaḷḷi of Rājendra Cōḻa.

Nālāṅ Kuṇākara Uṭaiyār had this lord graciously risen.That is, he commissioned the bronze.

Prosperity! Fortune!

The lord of the akkacālai is forThat is, this image has been donated for the merit/benefit of the merchant guild. the merchant guild of Patiṉ-eṇ Viṣaiyam.

Edited in and , with a delineation.

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on and and visual documentation therein.