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# The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.72

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.72

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### [c5.s5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.72)

Gośṛiṅga parvata—1. A mountain near Nishadhabhūmi (Narwar) in Central India (\*Mahābhārata\*, Sabhā, 31). Same as Gopādri (2). 2. Kohmari Spur, near Ujat in Eastern Turkestan, visited by Hiuen Tsiang, 13 miles from Khotan. It was a celebrated place of pilgrimage in Khotan, which contained a monastery and a cave where an Arhat resided (Dr. Stein's \*Sandburied Ruins of Khotan\*). 3. The Gopuchchha mountain in Nepal near Katmandu upon which the temple of Svayambhunātha is situated (\*Svayambhu Purāṇa\*, ch. I).

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## Cites (2)

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.2.31) — Sanskrit
- [Svayambhūpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.nepal.svayambhupurana.1) — Sanskrit

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