# Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00382

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00382.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⟩ naṅkai-piḷḷai ↝ nāyakar ↝

## Translation by Ramachandran 1954

⟨1⟩ The Nāyakar (i.e., Buddha) donated by Naṅkai Piḷḷai.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ ⟨Of⟩ Naṅkai Piḷḷai. ⟨This is⟩ the Lord.

## Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “The donor’s name is recorded. The
donor’s name is appropriately separated from the term Nāyakar denoting
unambiguously the donor’s and donee’s names.”

## 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 100, plates VI, no. 82.