# Anurādhapura, bronze label

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN10201

Repository: Tamil Outside of Tamil Nadu (varia)
(tfa-tamil-outside-TN-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN10201.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-14 17:47 (bb013b9), last modified 2026-11-14 17:47
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## Summary

Name of commissioner. Label on a bronze from Jētavanārāma complex in
Anurādhapura. Kept in Jētavanārāma Museum.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī nā¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ātēciyaṉ *

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ * • This punctuation mark looks like a star or an asterisk resting
on the line.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ A glorious one ⟨belonging to the merchant-guild⟩ of the Nānādeśis.

## Commentary

According to Pathmanathan 2002 (p. 54), the bronze may represent
Vīrabhadra.

## Bibliography

Edited in Pathmanathan 2002 (p. 54), with a picture (p. 56).

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Pathmanathan
2002 and the facsimile therein.

### Primary

[R1] Pathmanathan, S. 2002. “The Nanadesis in Anuradhapura: A unique
bronze image of Virabhadra.” In: Ancient and medieval commercial
activities in the Indian Ocean: Testimony of inscriptions and
ceramic-sherds. Report of the Taisho University research project,
1997-2002. Tokyo: Taisho University, pp. 48–56.