As a deity name
Name 708 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
गोपालि · noun · masculine
एक प्रवर · शंकर — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: Śiva
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gopāli" is the vocative of "gopālī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
go—pāli m. N. of Śiva, MBh. xiii, 1228
of a man, Pravar. vi, 3.
go—pālī f. = ˚la-karkaṭī, L.
another plant (go-rakṣī), L.
Alternative readings
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