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Gnári Khórsum, a province in the central part of Tibet.

མངའ་རིས་སྐོར་གསུམ mnga'-ris-skor-gsum Tib.

"The three dependent provinces." Mgna'-ris, dependent, skor, circle, province,
gsum, three.
This interpretation alone agrees with the native spelling, as we invariably got it written.
The name dependency was referred to its political relation to China. The pronunciation
we generally found to be Gnári in accordance with our usual mode of writing it.
Anal. Gnári is also found in the village name Gnári Lu, in Bálti, Lat. 35°, Long. 76°.

Goalpára, in Lower Assám, Lat. 26°, Long. 90° . . . . . . . . . . . گوال پاڑا Hind.
"Góval's, or cowherd's village." Gó-vála is also used as a Hindu personal name.
Goal might be thought too to be a provincial modification of gáyal, the Hindostáni name
for Bos gavaeus, an animal peculiar to lower Assám; but in Assám itself this animal is only
known under the name of Mithan.
Anal. Go-gáú, cow village, in Hindostán, Lat. 25°, Long. 82°; Gohátti, cow market, in Assám,
Lat. 26°, Long. 91°.

Godávari, a river in Málva and in the Dékhan, Lat. 16°, Long. 74° गोदावरी Sanskr.
"Giving cattle." Another derivation is: from gó, water; dā, to give; avri, to cover.
Wils. Sanskr. Dict.

Golaghát, in Assám, Lat. 26°, Long. 93° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . گولا گھاٹ Hind.
"Granary-pass, or ford."

Gódvána, a country to the west of Bengál . . . . . . . . . . . . . گونڈوانہ Hind.
"Country of the Góds." Gód is the name of an aboriginal tribe. Its name is referred
by Wilson to the Sanskrit gud, to enclose. Wils. Sanskr. Dict.

Gopálgánj, in Bengál, Lat. 22°, Long. 89° . . . . गोपालगञ्ज گوپال گنج Hind.
"Gopála's, or Krishna's market." Gopála, a king, or a cowherd, properly protecting
the earth; it is a surname of Krishna.
Anal. Gopálgárh, in Hindostán, Lat. 27°, Long. 77°; Gopálpur, in Bándelkhánd, Lat. 25°,
Long. 77°; in Hindostán, Lat. 26°, Long. 83°.

Gorákhpur, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 83° . . . . . . . . . . . . . گورکھپور Hind.
"Gorákh's town." From the Sanskr. Goráksha, properly protector of cattle, a surname
of Krishna.
In the As. Res., Vol. XVII., p. 188, it is referred by Wilson to Gorákhnath (nath, lord),
the founder of a sect having a temple here. Compare also Hodgson, in Journ. As. Soc.
Beng., Vol. XVIII., p. 534, note; and on Buddhist symbol, Royal As. Soc., Vol. XVIII., p. 217.
The same name in Hindostán, Lat. 27°, Long. 79°.

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