Anurādhapura, bronze label

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Name of commissioner. Label on a bronze from Jētavanārāma complex in Anurādhapura. Kept in Jētavanārāma Museum.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Outside of Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamil-outside-TN-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN10201.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN10201.xml.

Version: 2026-11-14 17:47 (bb013b9), last modified 2026-11-14 17:47 (bb013b9).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī nā¡ṉ!ātēciyaṉ *

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ * • This punctuation mark looks like a star or an asterisk resting on the line.

Translation

⟨1⟩ A glorious one ⟨belonging to the merchant-guild⟩ of the Nānādeśis.

Commentary

According to Pathmanathan 2002 (p. 54), the bronze may represent Vīrabhadra.

Bibliography

Edited in Pathmanathan 2002 (p. 54), with a picture (p. 56).

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Pathmanathan 2002 and the facsimile therein.

Primary

[R1] Pathmanathan, S. 2002. “The Nanadesis in Anuradhapura: A unique bronze image of Virabhadra.” In: Ancient and medieval commercial activities in the Indian Ocean: Testimony of inscriptions and ceramic-sherds. Report of the Taisho University research project, 1997-2002. Tokyo: Taisho University, pp. 48–56.

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