THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAKING A TANTRA IN MEDIEVAL SOUTH INDIA: THE MAH ¯ ARTHAMA ˜ NJAR ¯ I AND THE TEXTUAL CULTURE OF C ¯ OL ¯ A CIDAMBARAM VOLUME 1 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIES IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATIONS BY WHITNEY M. COX CHICAGO, ILLINOIS DECEMBER 2006