Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label
Version: (9615181), last modified (248a56a).
Translation by Ramachandran 1954
⟨1⟩ The Nāyakar God (Lord Buddha) of (or dedicated to) the Cōḻaperumpaḷḷi.
Translation
⟨1⟩ The Lord (nāyakar) ⟨of⟩ the Cōḻa Perumpaḷḷi.1
Bibliography
Edited in Ramachandran 1954, with a facsimile (p. 124, no. 178 and pl. XXV, no. 39). See also Ramachandran 1965, Ramachandran 1992, Ramachandran 2005 (p. 140, no. 178 and IV, no. 39).
Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, 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.
[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.
Notes
1. See the Smaller Leiden plates.
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Commentary
Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “Obviously this votive image was meant for the Cōḻaperumpaḷḷi which was a celegrated Buddhist vihāra erected in Nāgapaṭṭiṇam by the Śailendra ruler of Śrīvijaya (in Sumatra) and named after the reigning Cōḻa king, Kulottuṅga I.”