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Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Mahotsavavidhi (महोत्सवविधि) refers to the “(rules of the) great festival of Śiva”.—The Yogajāgama is the name of a text dealing with Śaiva rituals ranging from daily purification (śaucavidhi) to the great festival of Śiva (śivotsavavidhi or mahotsavavidhi) with no chapters on Yoga.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Wisdom Library: Pāñcarātra

Mahotsavavidhi (महोत्सवविधि) [=mahotsava vidhiḥ] is the name of the twenty-first chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā: an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama scripture in thirty-four chapters dealing with the varieties of worships, administration of sciences, rājadharma, town planning, expiation, installation of images, the rules regarding the construction of images, etc.

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Mahotsavavidhi (महोत्सवविधि) or “rules for the major festival” is the name of the twenty-first chapter of the Aniruddhasaṃhitā, an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the annual festivals of temples and regular temple worship routines.—Description of the chapter [mahotsavavidhi]: A calendar of 17 events for the full ten days of the great annual festival—Brahmotsava—is given, for which the flag-hoisting ceremony [dhvajārohaṇa] is invariably to be done (1-5). Various ceremonies connected with germinating sprouts [aṅkurārpaṇa] must first have been attended to some days in advance (6-42). Then, on the first day of the mahotsava, there will be a procession of the balibera-idol (43-50), while the utsavabera-idol is to be paraded twice daily on different vehicles for nine days to different optional places (51-58). On the eighth day night, the tīrthabera-idol will be prepared with powders, etc., and on the ninth day taken to the tank, bathed several times in public, and led back in procession to the temple (59-80). The tenth day activities will center around puṣpayāga-ceremonies (81-93a), and around offerings made in the sanctuary after the utsavabera-idol has been brought there in procession (94-99), Sometime after this, homa, will be performed, the attendant gods will be dismissed, the flag lowered, and awards distributed to the participants (100-108), The benefits for underwriting such a mahotsava are listed ( 109-112 ).

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Mahotsavavidhi (महोत्सवविधि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from Pāñcarātrāgama. Oppert. Ii, 4109.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahotsavavidhi (महोत्सवविधि):—[=mahotsava-vidhi] [from mahotsava > mahā > mah] m. Name of [work]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vidhi, Mahotsava.

Full-text (+3): Mahotsava, Shivotsava, Yogajagama, Shaucavidhi, Shivotsavavidhi, Alepana, Brahmotsava, Homakunda, Tulasyaropana, Shvetapadma, Tirthabera, Shatapatrapuja, Damanaropana, Campakaropana, Phalotsava, Diparohana, Shatapatra, Pankajaradhana, Vanabhojana, Gandhalepana.

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