As a deity name
Name 496 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 593 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
गोप्ता · adj
रक्षा करनेवाला । रक्षक — Śabdasāgara
गोप्ता · noun · masculine
विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
trī (g. yājakādi, ) one who preserves or protects or defends or cherishes, (superl. gopiṣṭha, ), &c. (˚ptṛ, )
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "goptā" is the nominative of "goptṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
goptṛ mf(trī, ŚBr.; Gobh.; MBh. xiii)n. (g. yājakādi, Gaṇar. 99) one who preserves or protects or defends or cherishes, AV.; TS. vi; TBr.; ŚBr. (superl. gopiṣṭha, ii), ĀśvGṛ. &c. (n(˚ptṛ)., BhP. vii, 10, 28)
one who conceals anything (in comp.), Yājñ. i, 310.
Alternative readings
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