गोपति

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

GOPATI I   A demon. He was a co-worker of another demon named Kālaketu. Śrī Kṛṣṇa killed Gopati on the banks of the river Irāvatī on the mountain Mahendra. [Chapter 38, Sabhā Parva] .
GOPATI II   A deva gandharva. He was born to Ka- śyapa of his wife Muni. [Śloka 42, Chapter 65, Vana Parva] . This gandharva participated in the birthday celebrations of Arjuna. [Śloka 55, Chapter 122, Ādi Parva] .
GOPATI III   A son of the celebrated emperor, Śibi. When Paraśurāma killed and made extinct all Kṣatriya kings it was a herd of cows that brought up this child. [Śloka 78, Chapter 49, Śānti Parva] .
GOPATI IV   A synonym of Śiva used in [Śloka 151, Chapter 17 of Anuśāsana Parva]
GOPATI V   A synonym of Viṣṇu used in [Śloka 66, Chapter 149, of Anuśāsana Parva] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

गोपति n.  कश्यप एवं प्राधा का पुत्र ।
गोपति II. n.  पांडवपक्षीय पांचाल राजा [म.द्रो.२२.४३] ।
गोपति III. n.  शिबिपुत्र गायों ने इसकी रक्षा की थी । पृथ्वी ने कश्यप से याचना की, ‘यह मेरे संरक्षको में से एक होवे’। तदनुसार कश्यप ने इसका अभिषेक किया [म.शां. ४९.७०] ।
गोपति IV. n.  एक राक्षस । कृष्ण ने इरावती के तट पर इसका वध किया [म.व.१३.३०] ।
गोपति V. n.  विश्वभुज् नामक अग्नि का नामांतर । इसकी स्त्री नदी [म.व.२०९.१९-२७] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गो—पति  m.  m. ( गो॑-) the lord of cowherds, leader, chief (a N. often applied to इन्द्र), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS. i, 1]

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   a bull, [MBh. xii, 4877]; [R. iii, iv]; [VarBṛS.]
   (hence) the medicinal plant ऋषभ, [L.]
   ‘lord of rays’, the sun, [MBh. i, ii, iii]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
   ‘lord of stars’, the moon, [Subh.]
   ‘earth-lord’, a king, [L.]
   ‘the chief of herdsmen’, कृष्ण or विष्णु, [MBh. xiii, 7002 and 7012]; [Hariv. 4067]
   ‘lord of waters’, वरुण, [MBh. v, 3532 and 3801]
    शिव, xiii, 1228 [R. vii, 16, 23]
    इन्द्र, [L.]
गो-प    N. of a देव-गन्धर्व ( cf.), [MBh. i, 2550 and 4811]

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   of a demon slain by कृष्ण, [MBh. iii, 492]; [Hariv. 9141]
   of a son of शिबि, [MBh. xii, 1794]

Shabda-Sagara

गोपति  m.  ( -तिः)
   1. A name of SIVA.
   2. Of INDRA.
   3. The sun.
   4. A king. 5. A bull.
    E. गो the earth, &c. पति lord or master.

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