Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-09Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTamilNadu00376

Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.

Hand Description:

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Edition

1periya nācci-
2nāyakar dash

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

1-2The Nāyakar [of or gift of or set up by or donated by] Periya Nācci.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

1-2The 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

Ramachandran, T. N. 1954. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and Other Buddhist Bronzes in the Chennai Museum. Madras: Government of Madras.
p. 62, plate XXVII, no. 76. [siglum R1]
Ramachandran, T. N. 2005. The Nāgapaṭṭiṇam and Other Buddhist Bronzes in the Chennai Museum. 2nd edition. Chennai: Government of Tamilnadu.
Page 73, plate VI, no. 76. [siglum R2]