# Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00376

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00376.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ periya nācci⟨2⟩nāyakar ⁓

## Translation by Ramachandran 1954

⟨1–2⟩ The Nāyakar ⟨of or gift of or set up by or donated by⟩ Periya
Nācci.

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ The Lord ⟨of⟩ Periya Nācci.

## Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “The votive stūpa is a dedication by
the lady Periya Nācci. Nācci means nāyakacci or a lady of eminence.
Periya Nācci means the big or senior or elder or venerable lady.”

## 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 p. 62,
plates XXVII, no. 76.

[R2] Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist
bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Revised edition. Chennai: Government of
Tamilnadu. Page 73, plates VI, no. 76.