# Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00320

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00320.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Label or donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Āḷ Uṭai piḷḷai

## Translation by Ramachandran 1954

⟨1⟩ Āḷuṭai Piḷḷai.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ The Son, Lord of men.

## Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “This was perhaps the name of the donor
of the votive image of the Buddha.” It is possibly a designation of the
Buddha.

Compare with Tamil Nadu 375.

The Śaiva saint Campantar is known in epigraphical sources as āḷ-uṭaiya
piḷḷaiyār.

## Bibliography

Edited in Ramachandran 1954, with a facsimile.

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

### Primary

[R1] 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 TBC,
plate TBC.

[R2] Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist
bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Revised edition. Chennai: Government of
Tamilnadu. Page 98, plates III, no. 20.