As a deity name
Name 79 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 150 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 416 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
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
Nom. P. (fr. go-pā; cf. √ gup) ˚yati (cf. and; aor. agopāyīt, ), to represent a cowherd, act like a herdsman, to guard, protect, preserve, &; &c.; to hide, conceal, (Pass. gopāyyat…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (15)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gopāya" is the dative of "gopa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "gopāya" is the dative of "gopā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. gopāya Nom. P. (fr. go-pā; cf. √ gup) ˚yati (cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 28 and 31; aor. agopāyīt, Vop. viii, 65), to represent a cowherd, act like a herdsman, BhP. x, 30, 17; to guard, protect, preserve, RV. vi, 74, 4 & x, 154, 4; VS.; AV. &c.; to hide, conceal, Amar. (Pass. gopāyyate), Rājat. v, 222; Dhūrtas. i, 30 : Caus. gopāyayati, to preserve, protect, MBh. iii, 10835 (cf. abhi-, pari-.)
2. gopāya mfn. ifc. preserving, Āp. i, 4, 24.
go—pa &c. See s.v.
go-pa m. (= -pā s.v. go) a cowherd, herdsman, milkman (considered as a man of mixed caste, Parāś.), Mn. viii; MBh. (ifc. f(ā). , i, 3213), Hariv. &c.
go—pā m. (nom. ās acc. ām du. ā or au pl. nom. ās instr. ābhis) a herdsman, guardian, RV.; AV.; VS.; TBr. iii; ChUp.; ŚvetUp.
go—pā f. (ās) a female guardian, AV. xii, 1, 57; TBr. iii (cf. gopa s.v., a-, deva-, vāyu-, saha-, soma-, su-gopā)
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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