Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label
Version: (69e3379), last modified (b80acdf).
Translation by Ramachandran 1954
⟨1⟩ The Nāyakar (i.e., Buddha) who was the Lord of the Pulpit.
Translation
⟨1⟩ The glorious Lord ⟨of⟩ the stage (araṅkam1).
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, plates XIV, no. 2.
[R2] Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Revised edition. Chennai: Government of Tamilnadu. Page 106, pages III, no. 2.
Notes
1. That is, Sanskrit raṅga.
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Commentary
Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “By araṅkam the Buddhist form is probably meant. (Cf. caṅkappalakai).”. This appears a far-fetched explanation. It seems that the Buddha is presented here as a rival of Viṣṇu, known as Raṅganātha, "the Lord of the stage," in his famous temple on the Śrīraṅga island at Trichy.
For the same label, with a variant spelling, on another Buddhist bronze from Nākappaṭṭiṉam, see Tamil Nadu 302.