Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Version: (d5fceca), last modified (bd2b08c).

Edition

⟨1⟩ periya nācci-

⟨2⟩ nāyakar ~

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

⟨1–2⟩ The Nāyakar ⟨of or gift of or set up by or donated by⟩ Periya Nācci.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ The Lord ⟨of⟩ Periya Nācci.

Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: “The votive stūpa is a dedication by the lady Periya Nācci. Nācci means nāyakacci or a lady of eminence. Periya Nācci means the big or senior or elder or venerable lady.

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 p. 62, plates XXVII, no. 76.

[R2] Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and other Buddhist bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Revised edition. Chennai: Government of Tamilnadu. Page 73, plates VI, no. 76.