A Priest's Guide for the Great Festival

A Priest's Guide for the Great Festival
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Publisher : South Asia Research
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 9780195378528
ISBN-13 : 0195378520
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Book Synopsis A Priest's Guide for the Great Festival by : Aghoraśivācārya

Download or read book A Priest's Guide for the Great Festival written by Aghoraśivācārya and published by South Asia Research. This book was released on 2010 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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