As a deity name
Name 817 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
गुप्त · masculine
a surname, Gupta
गुप्त
secret; private; hidden, clandestine; confidential; cryptic; mysterious; relating to the Gupta Empire (an ancient Indian empire which existed from the 4th century CE to the 6th century CE) or its rulers
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi गुप्त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Sanskrit गोपा (gopā) Sanskrit गुप् (gup) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás Sanskrit -त (-ta) Sanskrit गुप्त (gupta)bor. Hindi गुप्त Borrowed from Sanskrit गुप्त (gupta).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gupta mfn. protected, guarded, preserved, AV. &c.
hidden, concealed, kept secret, secret, Bhartṛ.; Pañcat.; Kathās. &c. (with daṇḍa, a secret fine, fine secretly imposed or exacted, Hit.; cf. gūḍha-d˚)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
protected, guarded, preserved, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "guptāya" is the dative of "gupta" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
gupta mfn. protected, guarded, preserved, AV. &c.
hidden, concealed, kept secret, secret, Bhartṛ.; Pañcat.; Kathās. &c. (with daṇḍa, a secret fine, fine secretly imposed or exacted, Hit.; cf. gūḍha-d˚)
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