[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s12.405 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.405 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.405 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.405](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.405) \*\*Go-matī\*\*, ‘possessing cows,’ is mentioned as a river in the Nadī-stuti, or ‘Praise of Rivers,’ in the tenth Maṇḍala of the Rigveda.¹ In that hymn a river flowing into the Indus must be meant, and its identification² with the Gomal, a western tributary of the Indus, cannot be doubted. In one other passage of the Rigveda³ the accentuation of Gomatī shows that a river is meant. It is possible that in a third passage⁴ the reading should be changed to \*gomatīr\* from \*gómatīr\*. Geldner⁵ suggests that in the two last passages the Gumti, or rather its four upper arms (hence the use of the plural) is meant: this accords well with the later use of the name and with the general probability of the river here intended being in Kurukṣetra, as the centre of Vedic civilization.⁶ - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.404](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.404) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.406](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.406) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.405](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.405) · Pramāṇa