The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.73

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c5.s5.73

Govarāshṭra—Govarāshṭra is evidently a corruption of Goparāshṭra of the *Mahābhārata* (Bhīshma, ch. IX). It is the Kauba (Gova) of Ptolemy. See Goparāshṭra. The shrine of Sapta-Koṭiśvara Mahâdeva was established by the Sapta Ṛishis at Narvem in the island of Divar (Dīpavatī) on the north of Goa Island proper (*Ind. Ant.*, III, 194).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit