Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-09Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTamilNadu00345

Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.

Hand Description:

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Edition

1Eḻutum nam-piḷḷai-tēvar

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

1The Tēvar (i.e., God) set up by or donated or dedicated by the writer (accountant or clerk), Nampiḷḷai.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

1The God [of] the writer (eḻutum↓1) Nampiḷḷai.

Commentary

Ramachandran 1954 comments thus: "The donor’s profession is indicated in this inscription as that of a writer. By Tēvar is meant the Great Śramaṇa, Lord Buddha himself."

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 TBC. [siglum R1]
Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and Other Buddhist Bronzes in the Chennai Museum. 2nd edition. Chennai: Government of Tamilnadu.
Page 54, plate V, no. 45. [siglum R2]

Notes

↑1. Literally: "who writes."