Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label

Nākappaṭṭiṉam, bronze label EpiDoc Encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00345

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Eḻutum nam-piḷḷai-tēvar

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

The God of the writer eḻutumLiterally: "who writes." Nampiḷḷai.

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.

Edited in , with a facsimile.

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on and the facsimile therein.

TBC TBC 54 V, no. 45