[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.425 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.425 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.425 - **Language:** English ### [c7.425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.425) GOVINDA. A synonym of Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Mahāviṣṇu). He got this name because he saved the people and cows of Ambāḍī by lifting the Govardhana mountain and using it as an umbrella. (Dākṣiṇātya pāṭha Chapter 38, Sabhā Parva). - [Previous: c7.424](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.424) - [Next: c7.426](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.426) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.425) · Pramāṇa