cl. 4. P. °pyati (p. Ā. gupyamāna, in Prākṛt guppam° [Jain.]), to become perplexed or confused, [Dhātup. xxvi, 123.]
(for pr. &c. See gopaya & °pāya, from which the root is derived [cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 28] & [31]]; perf. jugopa, [MBh.] &c.; 3. pl. jugupur, [RV. vii, 103, 9]; [AV.] &c.; fut. 2nd gopsyati, [AV.]; [ŚBr. vi] &c.; fut. 1st goptā or gopitā, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 44]; aor. agaupsīt or agopīt, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 50], [Kāś.]) to guard, defend, protect, preserve (from abl.), [RV. vii, 103, 9]; [AV.] &c.; to hide, conceal, [Śiś. xvi, 30] (inf. gopitum) : Caus. gopayati &c. See ss.vv. gopaya and °pāya: Desid. Ā. jugupsate ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 5]; ep. also P. °ti) to seek to defend one's self from (abl.), be on one's guard (cf. [i, 4, 24], Vārtt. 1), [ŚāṅkhGṛ. iv, 12]; [Gobh.]; [ChUp. v, 10, 8]; to beware of, shun, avoid, detest, spurn, despise (with acc.), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.; to feel offended or hurt, [MBh. i, 6375]; [iii, 1934] : Desid. of Desid. jugupsiṣate, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 7], Vārtt. 15, [Pat.]; [vi, 1, 9], [Kāś.]
mfn. ifc. ‘defending, protecting’, see dharma-
being on one's guard or preserving one's self from, [Naiṣ. vi, 66.]