# Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00301

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00301.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

Label on a Buddhist bronze.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ putta-Uttama-nāyakar

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ putta-Uttama-nāyakar ⬦ putta Uttama nāyakar R1954.

## Translation by Ramachandran 1992

⟨1⟩ The Lord who was the greatest of the Buddhas.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ The foremost Lord Buddha.

## Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 (p. 92) comments thus: “Here Śākyamuni Buddha’s
relative importance to other previous Buddhas such as Dīpaṅkara, etc.,
is implied.”

## Bibliography

Edited in Ramachandran 1954, with a facsimile (p. 92 and pl. XXIV, no.
1). See also Ramachandran 1965, Ramachandran 1992, Ramachandran 2005 (p.
108 and pl. III, no. [1]).

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on
Ramachandran 1954 and the facsimile therein.

### Primary

[R1954] Ramachandran, T. N. 1954. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist
bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum,
New series, General section 7.1. Madras: Government Press. Page 92.

[R1965] Ramachandran, T. N. 1965. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist
bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Reprint. Madras: Government of Madras.

[R1992] Ramachandran, T. N. 1992. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist
bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Reprint. Madras: The Director of Museums.

[R2005] Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist
bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Revised edition. Chennai: Government of
Tamilnadu.