Banaras
Subtitle: City of Light (Princeton Paperbacks)
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: September 1983
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780691020235
Subjects: Hinduism; Varanasi; Philosophy; Religion; Religious life and customs; Varanasi (India); General; India; Hinduism - General; Benares (India)
First sentence: BANARAS is a magnificent city, rising from the western bank of the River Ganges, where the river takes a broad crescent sweep toward the north.
Table of contents: title: Banaras : an introduction; title: Banaras in historical perspective; title: The city of Shiva; title: The sacred circle of all the gods; title: The River Ganges and the great ghats; title: Seasons and times; title: City of all India; title: City of the good life; title: City of death and liberation; title: Appendixes. Sanskrit sources for the study of Banaras; title: The zones of the sacred city; title: The Shiva lingas of Kashi; title: The cycles of Kashi goddesses; title: Other deities of Kashi; title: The year in Banaras : a partial calendar; title: Note on transliteration and pronunciation; title: Glossary