The Varanasimahatmya of the Bhairavapradurbhava: a twelfth-century glorification of Varanasi
Bisschop, Peter C.
₹ 500.00
The city of Varanasi in North India is one of the most sacred Hindu places. Its unique location on the banks of the Ganga adds to its special claims of holiness. These claims found expression in an extensive body of literature called Mahatmyas, texts, composed in Sanskrit with the specific aim of promoting the greatness (mahatmya) of the town through the narration of tales of origin of individual sites. The present study presents a little-known Varanasimahatmya which has survived in a unique compendium of such Mahatmyas in a palm-leaf manuscript in Nepal. It contains a critical edn. of the text with an intro. and annotated English synopsis.
ISBN 13: 9788184702408
ISBN 10: 818470240X
Year: 2021
Language: ENGLISH, SANSKRIT
Pages etc.: x+190p., (2)b/w illus.., bib., ind., 24cm.
Binding: Paperback
Subject(s): Literature
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