Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00350.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00350.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:24 (69e3379), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (b80acdf).

Edition

⟨1⟩ periya-piḷḷai-nāya¡n!ār

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

⟨1⟩ The Nāyaṉār (i.e., Lord Buddha) set up or donated by Periya Piḷḷai.

Translation

⟨1⟩ The Lord ⟨of⟩ Periya Piḷḷai.¹

Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “The dedication of the votive image of the Buddha is by one Periya Piḷḷai.”

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 65, plates V, no. 50.

Notes

1. Literally, "the great son."

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