Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00322.

Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (f8dc812), last modified (eecdbd5).

Edition

⟨1⟩ Utayaṉ ālka

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

(1) May the radiant Lord reign supreme!

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Let the Radiant One (utayaṉ1) rule!

Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “By Utayāṉ = one who is resplendent, perhaps Lord Buddha is meant.”

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. Madras: Government of Madras. Page TBC, plates VII, no. 41.

[R2] Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Revised edition. Chennai: Government of Tamilnadu. Page 82, plates III, no. 22.

Notes

  1. 1. That is, "the sun," a name here applied to the Buddha.