As a deity name
Name 561 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
भूप · noun · masculine
राजा · सोलह की संख्या का वाचक शब्द (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
भूप · bhū-pa · s.m.
See s.v. bhū — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 194
भूप · masculine
a king
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भूप — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भूप (bhūpa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bhū—pa m. ‘earth-protector’, a king, prince, Var.; Pañcat.; Kathās. &c.
a term for the number sixteen, Gaṇit.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘earth-protector’, a king, prince, &c.
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Dictionary citations
bhū—pa m. ‘earth-protector’, a king, prince, Var.; Pañcat.; Kathās. &c.
a term for the number sixteen, Gaṇit.
bhūpa m. (-paḥ) A sovereign, a prince, a king. E. bhū the earth, pā to cherish, aff. ka.
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