gó—pati (gó-), m. the lord of cowherds, leader, chief (a N. often applied to Indra), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS. i, 1]
a bull, [MBh. xii, 4877]; [R. iii], [iv]; [VarBṛS.]
(hence) the medicinal plant Ṛṣabha, [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’, Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu, [MBh. xiii, 7002] and [7012]; [Hariv. 4067]
‘lord of waters’, Varuṇa, [MBh. v, 3532] and [3801]
Śiva, [xiii, 1228]; [R. vii, 16, 23]
Indra, [L.]
N. of a Deva-gandharva (cf. go-pá), [MBh. i, 2550] and [4811]
of a demon slain by Kṛṣṇa, [MBh. iii, 492]; [Hariv. 9141]
of a son of Śibi, [MBh. xii, 1794]