Nākappaṭṭiṉam, label to a bronze

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Edition

⟨1⟩ […] (tu) nāyakar ~

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

⟨1⟩ The Nāyakar [i.e., Lord Buddha] of […].

Translation

⟨1⟩ [Image representing] the Lord [of] […]1 OR [Image set up by] the Lord [of] […].2

Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 notes thus: “The image shows heavy encrustation that has eaten into the metal in many places.

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 45, plates VI, no. 77.

Notes

  1. 1. That is, the Buddha.

  2. 2. That is, the donor of the image.