Cellūr, bronze of Buddha meditating in vīrāsana

Authors of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Summary: Dhammapada verse inscribed on Buddhist bronze.

Language: Pali (pli) [Grantha (grantha)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00001.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00001.xml.

Version: 2026-07-17 15:32 (b80acdf), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (b80acdf).

Edition

⟨1⟩ Ak(k)occhi maṁ A(va)dh(i m)aṁ

⟨2⟩ A(ji)ni ma[ṁ] Ahāsi me ye ta

⟨3⟩ Upana(y/v)ahati vera te-

⟨4⟩ sa na (samma)ti

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Ak(k)occhi ⬦ Akkoccha K.

Bibliography

Edited by Kannan 2015.

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis & Vincent Tournier (2020), based on photos (Emmanuel Francis, 2012). Thanks to R. Balasubramanian, Curator of Archaeology, Government Museum, Chennai, for providing access to the bronze and allowing photography.

Primary

[K] Kannan, R. 2015. Manual on the bronzes in the Government Museum, Chennai. 2nd revised edition. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, New series, General section 17.2. Chennai: Government Museum. Pages 263–265, 299, item 20.

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