# Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00381

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00381.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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ tiru-v-araṅka-nāyakar

## 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 (araṅkam[1]).

## 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.

## 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.

[1] That is, Sanskrit raṅga.