TY  - GEN
AU  - Kaimal, Padma
TI  - Opening Kailasanatha : the temple in Kanchipuram revealed in time and space 
SN  - 9780295747774
U1  - 726.109394 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Seattle
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - England
KW  - Kailasanatha Temple (Kanchipuram, India)
KW  - Temples
KW  - India--Kanchipuram
KW  - Hindu art
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - India--Tamil Nadu
N1  - Contents
Preface & Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 3
1 Order and Improvisation: The Elements of the Pallavas' Kailasanatha Temple Complex 19
2 Looking North and South Celibacy and Intimacy, Struggle and Grace 38
3 Looking East and West, with and Without Sons Deities, Royalty, Family, and Lineage 93
4 Circumambulating this Way and that Complementarity Set in Motion 126
5 Word-Image Tango Telling Stories with Words and Sculptures 154
Conclusions 174
Appendix 1 Inscriptions on Rajasimha's Prakara 181
Appendix 2 The Foundation Inscription of the Rajasimheshvara, Rajasimha's Vimana 185
Appendix 3 The Foundation Inscription of the Mahendravarmeshvara, Mahendravarman III's Vimana 187
Appendix 4 The Foundation Inscriptions around Vimanas C, E, and G, Marking Donations by Pallava Queens 189
Glossary of Sanskrit 191
Notes 197
Bibliography 225
Index 241
Plates follow page 160

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