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0228 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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GOSAING   GÛRLA.

G osa in g an j, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 81°    

‘:.)41 .4 Hind.

"Market of the G o s âi n." G o s sin, in Sanskrit G o s v ami, a deity, a saint, a religious sect.

Anal. Gosainthan (Sanskrit Gosvami-sth .na), a mountain in Nepal.

G o v a r d h A n, a hill in Hindostan, Lat. 27°, Long. 77°    Sanskr.

"The cattle-pasturing (hill)." Concerning its connection with Indian mythology see Wilson, Sanskrit Dictionary.

Govindap{ram, in Orissa, Lat. 17°, Long. 82°     rte y`F`+~7~ Sanskr.

"Govinda's, or Krishna's town." Govfinda is a name of Krishna. Anal. Govindgarh, in the Pänjab, Lat. 31°, Long. 74°.

Gr a in pa, in Bâlti, Lat. 35°, Long. 75°    2174 v Zl gram-pa Tib.

"A swamp." This is the name of swampy meadows a little above the village Shigar.

G u j r ü. t, a province in Western India    Hind.

  • `The kingdom, or country of the Gurjaras." From the Sanskrit Gurjara, name of a tribe (the meaning is not known), and rashtra, kingdom. Compare Snrat and Mahrathana..

G u m s u r g it r h, in Bengal, Lat. 19°, Long. 84°     ,s5S ),"4S Hind.

"Castle of the Great Lord of Heaven."

Gilmour, for the Sanskrit Gomahesvara, go, heaven; mahesvara, Great Lord, a surname of Siva.

G ii m t i , in Sanskrit G ô m a ti, an affluent of the Ganges river . . rjiTA Hind. ".Rich in cattle." Compare Godavari, where go is used for water.

Gurdâspur, in the P5njab, Lat. 31°, Long. 75°    ~ L,to)S Hind.

"Gurdds-town, or town (of the man) respecting the teacher."

Gurdas from the Sanskrit Giiru-dàsa, respecting the teacher; Gurdâs is also a proper name.

G I r 1 a, a peak in Gnari Khôrsum, Lat. 30°, Long. 81°

27~' 21 gur-la Tib. vIl

"The tent-shaped pass." Gur, tent; la, passage.

It is a name sometimes given to mountains which show a longitudinal tent-like crest with a'depression in it. The circumstance that the depression of the crest is very essential for completing the conformity with the Tibetan tent, also explains why we find this name connected with peaks exceeding 20,000 ft., and therefore considerably above the general height of passes, even in the most elevated parts of Tibet. Compare RIba.