Ireland bronze Buddha statue, label

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Inscription recording the pious donation (dharma) of Buddhāditya. Engraved on the pedestal of a bronze Buddha statue kept in a private collection in Ireland.

Language: Sanskrit (san).

Version: 2025-10-07 17:37 (c204299), last modified 2025-10-07 15:44 (7ddf880).

Edition

⟨1⟩ buddhā¿(dh)?ityasya dha(r)mma[ḥ] (||)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ buddhā¿(dh)?⟨d⟩ityasya ⬦ buddhādityasya C. — ⟨1⟩ dha(r)mma[ḥ] (||) ⬦ dharmma[ḥ] C.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ [This is the] pious donation of Buddhāditya.

Bibliography

Edited and translated in Cox 2025 (p. 484), with photograph (fig. 6, p. 502).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Cox 2025.

Primary

[C] Cox, Whitney. 2025. “Bricks from a Tamil Pagoda.” In: For the Love of Tamil: Essays in Honor of E. Annamalai. Edited by Margherita Trento. Napoli: UniorPress, pp. 479–504.

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