Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
cowherd; cowboy; cattle-keeper
Dhp 135
yathā daṇḍena gopālo, gāvo pājeti gocaraṃ, evaṃ jarā ca maccu ca, āyuṃ pājenti pāṇinaṃ.
gopāla2
Part of speech
noun · masculine
cosmology
Gopāla, name of a daemon (yakkha)
DN 32
gopālo supparodho ca, hiri netti ca mandiyo, pañcālacaṇḍo āḷavako, pajjunno sumano sumukho, dadhimukho maṇi māṇivaro dīgho, atho serīsako saha.
Encyclopedia
6 entries
Gopāla
PersonKing Udena’s son, sharing his name with Gopālamātā-devī’s father, who was Udena’s queen consort’s father.
Gopāla3
PersonOne of four sons of King Esukārī’s chaplain whose story is told in the Hatthipāla Jātaka, identified as a past life of Mahā-Moggallāna.
Gopāla4
PersonA millionaire in the time of Kassapa Buddha who was the father of Tapassu and Bhallika, the two merchants who first offered food to the newly enlightened Buddha.
Gopāla5
PersonA devaputta of Tāvatiṃsa who had given alms to Kassapa Buddha in a past life but gained no special attainment, until Mahā-Moggallāna visited and taught him, whereupon he became a Stream-winner.
Gopāla6
PersonA devaputta of Tāvatiṃsa who, as a cowherd of Rājagaha, once offered Mahā-Moggallāna a meal and died of a snakebite while watching the elder eat it.
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