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
गोपति · noun · masculine
शिव · विष्णु · श्रीकृष्ण — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the lord of cowherds, leader, chief (a N. often applied to Indra)
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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.
(hence) the medicinal plant Ṛṣabha, L.
‘lord of rays’, the sun, MBh. i, ii, iii; Hariv.; BhP.
‘lord of stars’, the moon, Subh.
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