# Nākappaṭṭiṉam, label to a bronze

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00377

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00377.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Label on a Buddhist bronze, incomplete.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] (tu) nāyakar ⁓

## Translation by Ramachandran 1954

⟨1⟩ The Nāyakar ⟨i.e., Lord Buddha⟩ of […].

## Translation

⟨1⟩ ⟨Image representing⟩ the Lord ⟨of⟩ […][1] OR ⟨Image set up by⟩ the
Lord ⟨of⟩ […].[2]

## Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 notes thus: “The image shows heavy encrustation that
has eaten into the metal in many places.”

## 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 45, plates VI, no. 77.

[1] That is, the Buddha.

[2] That is, the donor of the image.