uttaravahini
उत्तरवाहिनी uttaravāhinī'North-flowing'; the auspicious stretch where the Ganga, which crosses the plains flowing broadly eastward, bends back toward the north along the Kashi waterfront.
Where this term appears
- The steps to the river Treatise
Uttaravahini , the tradition calls this stretch, "north-flowing", and it reads the turn as a sign of grace: the river, at this one place, faces back toward her own Himalayan source, back toward the north where …