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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 134, col. 1.
    annakūṭayātrā Tatpur. f. (-trā) The festival of the mountain

    of boiled rice; a festival of the Hindus in the month of

    November when they make a pile of boiled rice as a type

    of the hill Govardhana in Vraja, near Mathurā, upheld by

    Kṛṣṇa for the shelter of the milkmaids. It is called also

    Govardhanapūjā and observed especially by cowherds. E.

    annakūṭa and yātrā.