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100			_aKaimal, Padma _992798
245			_aOpening Kailasanatha : the temple in Kanchipuram revealed in time and space
260			_aSeattle _bUniversity of Washington Press _c2020
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505			_aContents 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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650			_aEngland _aKailasanatha Temple (Kanchipuram, India) _aTemples _aIndia--Kanchipuram _aHindu art _aHinduism _aIndia--Tamil Nadu