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गोपाल
गोपाल
Sanskrit
Noun
गोपाल • (gó-pālá) m
- cowherd
- "earth-protector", a king (and "cowherd")
- (= गोपति (gó-pati)) Krishna
- Shiva
- name of a demon causing fever
- name of Nāga
- name of a minister of king बिम्बिसार (bimbi-sāra)
- name of a king
- name of a general of king कीर्तिवर्मन् (kīrti-varman)
- name of a scholar
- =गोपालक (gó-pālaka)
- (in the plural) the inhabitants of that country
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of गोपाल | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | गोपालः (gopālaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | गोपालस्य (gopālasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गोपालः (gopālaḥ) | गोपालौ (gopālau) | गोपालाः (gopālāḥ) |
| Vocative | गोपाल (gopāla) | गोपालौ (gopālau) | गोपालाः (gopālāḥ) |
| Accusative | गोपालम् (gopālam) | गोपालौ (gopālau) | गोपालान् (gopālān) |
| Instrumental | गोपालेन (gopālena) | गोपालाभ्याम् (gopālābhyām) | गोपालैः (gopālaiḥ) |
| Dative | गोपालाय (gopālāya) | गोपालाभ्याम् (gopālābhyām) | गोपालेभ्यः (gopālebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | गोपालात् (gopālāt) | गोपालाभ्याम् (gopālābhyām) | गोपालेभ्यः (gopālebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | गोपालस्य (gopālasya) | गोपालयोः (gopālayoḥ) | गोपालानाम् (gopālānām) |
| Locative | गोपाले (gopāle) | गोपालयोः (gopālayoḥ) | गोपालेषु (gopāleṣu) |
Descendants
- Telugu: గోపాలుడు (gōpāluḍu)
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0365