As a deity name
Name 832 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 835 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 461 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 752 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the lord of cowherds, leader, chief (a N. often applied to Indra)
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gopataye" is the dative of "gopati" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
go—pati (go-), m. the lord of cowherds, leader, chief (a N. often applied to Indra), RV.; AV.; VS. i, 1
a bull, MBh. xii, 4877; R. iii, iv; VarBṛS.
Caveats
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