Gopalika, Gopālikā, Go-palika: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGopālikā (गोपालिका).—the wife of a cowherd; पार्थः प्रस्थापयामास कृत्वा गोपालिकावपुः (pārthaḥ prasthāpayāmāsa kṛtvā gopālikāvapuḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.221.19.
Gopālikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and pālikā (पालिका). See also (synonyms): gopālī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGopālikā (गोपालिका).—f.
(-kā) 1. A kind of worm. 2. A female cowherd: see gopālaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gopālikā (गोपालिका):—[=go-pālikā] [from go-pālaka > go] f. ([Pāṇini 4-1, 48; Patañjali]) a cowherd’s wife, [Mahābhārata i, 7980]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of worm or fly found on dung-heaps, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGopālikā (गोपालिका):—[go-pālikā] (kā) 1. f. A kind of worm; a milk-maid, a dairy maid.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Gopālika (गोपालिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Govāliya, Govāliyā.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Ends with: Gandagopalika.
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