A priest's guide for the great festival Aghorasiva's Mahotsavavidhi
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2010, 2010
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| Series: | South Asia research / South Asia research
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 Hindu temple festivals into a European language |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 191 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199869640 0199869642 |