| gopāya | गोपाय | Nom. P. (fr. go-pā́; cf. √ gup) °yáti (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 28] and [31]; aor. agopāyīt, [Vop. viii, 65]), to represent a cowherd, act like a herdsman, [BhP. x, 30, 17]; to guard, protect, preserve, [RV. vi, 74, 4] & [x, 154, 4]; [VS.]; [AV.] &c.; to hide, conceal, [Amar.] (Pass. gopāyyate), [Rājat. v, 222]; [Dhūrtas. i, 30] : Caus. gopāyayati, to preserve, protect, [MBh. iii, 10835] (cf. abhi-, pari-.) |
| mfn. ifc. preserving, [Āp. i, 4, 24.] |
| gopāyaka | गोपायक | mfn. id., [W.] |
| gopāyana | गोपायन | mfn. id., [MBh. vi, 3131] |
| m. N. of a teacher, [VāmP. vi] (v.l. go-māyu) cf. [Smṛtik. ii, 4, 3] |
| n. protecting, preserving, protection, [ŚāṅkhGṛ. iii, 10, 2]; [Hariv. 2142]; [R. vii, 4, 9.] |
| gopāyita | गोपायित | mfn. preserved, protected, [L.] |
| gopāyitṛ | गोपायितृ | m. a protector, [MBh. xii, 2726.] |
| gopāyitavya | गोपायितव्य | mfn. to be hidden, [Kād. vi, 400.] |