Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-09Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTamilNadu00322

Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.

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Edition

1Utayaṉ ālka

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

1May the radiant Lord reign supreme!

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

1Let the Radiant One (utayaṉ↓1) rule!

Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: "By Utayāṉ = one who is resplendent, perhaps Lord Buddha is meant."

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

Ramachandran, T. N. 1954. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and Other Buddhist Bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Madras: Government of Madras.
TBC, plate VII, no. 41. [siglum R1]
Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and Other Buddhist Bronzes in the Chennai Museum. 2nd edition. Chennai: Government of Tamilnadu.
Page 82, plate III, no. 22. [siglum R2]

Notes

↑1. That is, "the sun," a name here applied to the Buddha.