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A priest's guide for the great festival : Aghorasiva's Mahotsavavidhi /

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The Mahotsavavidhi of the Saiva preceptor Aghorasiva, completed in 1157 c.e., provides step-by-step guidance for a Hindu priest conducting a nine-day festival in medieval India. This annotated rendering of Aghorasiva's 12th-century work is the first extensive translation of a medieval work on H...

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Main Author: Aghoraśivācārya, active 12th century
Other Authors: Davis, Richard H., 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Sanskrit
Language Notes:In English and Sanskrit; includes translation from Sanskrit.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Śiva > (Hindu deity) > Cult > India, South > Early works to 1800.
Siva > (Hindu deity)
Śaiva Siddhānta > Rituals > Texts > Early works to 1800.
Fasts and feasts > India, South > Śaiva Siddhānta > Early works to 1800.
Śaiva Siddhānta > Rituel > Textes > Ouvrages avant 1800.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Cults
Śaiva Siddhānta > Rituals
South India
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Early works
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Call Number: BL1281.855 .A37513 2010
 
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