Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Version: (945c2a7), last modified (945c2a7).

Edition

⟨1⟩ putt-uṭai-y-āṉ perumāḷ nāyakar

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

⟨1⟩ The Nāyakar (i.e., Lord), the great God, the Enlightened (Buddha).

Translation

⟨1⟩ The Lord (nāyakar), the Lord (peruṃāḷ), the Enlightened One (puṭṭi+uṭaiya+āṉ).

Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “The record refers to the Enlightened Buddha, who is the Lord (Nāyaka) and the Great God (Perumāḷ).”

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 57, plates V, no. 46.