Pāli Dictionary

gopāla1

gostempālastem

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
Person
  • King Udena’s son, sharing his name with Gopālamātā-devī’s father, who was Udena’s queen consort’s father.

Gopāla2
Person
  • A yakkha chieftain invoked by the Buddha’s followers in times of need.

DN 32
Gopāla3
Person
  • One 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
Person
  • A 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
Person
  • A 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
Person
  • A 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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