The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.74

c5.s5.74

Govarddhana—1. Mount Govarddhana, eighteen miles from Brindâvan in the district of Mathurâ. In the village called Paitho, Kṛishṇa is said to have taken up the mount on his little finger and held it as an umbrella over the heads of his cattle and his townsmen to protect them from the deluge of rain poured upon them by Indra (*Mbh.*, Udyoga, ch. 129). See Vraja-maṇḍala. 2. The district of Nasik in the Bombay Presidency (Bhandarkar’s *Early History of the Dekkan*; *Mahâvastuvadâna* in Dr. R. L. Mitra’s *Sanskrit Literature of Nepal*, p. 160). See Govarddhanapura.