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