Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-05-09Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTamilNadu00380

Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.

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Edition

1cokkar

Translation by Ramachandran 1954

1The handsome or enchanting being (i.e., the Lord Buddha).

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

1The handsome one (cokkar).

Commentary

Śiva is also known as Cokkaṉ and Cokkanātaṉ, in the temple of Maturai.

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 82, plate VI, no. 80. [siglum R2]