The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.63

c5.s5.63

Gomukhī—According to Capt. Raper (*Asiatic Researches*, vol. XI, p. 506) and Major Thorn (*Memoir of the War in India*, p. 504), it is situated two miles beyond Gangotrī. It is a large rock called Cow's Mouth by the Hindus from its resemblance to the head and body of that animal. But see Fraser's *Himala Mountains*, p. 473. Go-mukhī is perhaps the Go-karṇa of the *Rāmāyaṇa*, I, 42.