A priest's guide for the great festival

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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 Hindu temple festivals into a European language.