गोप gōp

S گوپ गोप gopa, vulg. gop (go+pa, fr. rt. pā), s.m. A caste of Hindūs who are cow-herds (syn. gwāl); a man of that caste; a cow-herd, herdsman; a dairyman, a milkman: — gopāshṭamī, vulg. gop-ashṭamī (˚pa+ash˚), s.f. The eighth lunation of the light half of the month Kārttik (on which Krishṇ, who had formerly been a keeper of calves, became a cow-herd: cows are especially worshipped on this day; garlands are suspended from their necks, their horns, hoofs, and bodies are painted, and salutations are made to them): — gopāṅgā (˚pa+an˚), s.f. A cow-herd's wife; a milk-maid: — gop-ras, s.m. Gum-myrrh, myrrh: — gop-gwāl, s.m. Cow-herds, herdsmen: — gop-maḥal, s.m. The cow-herds' quarter; — pasture-grounds: — gopeśvar (˚pa+īś˚), s.m. 'Chief herdsman'; an epithet of Mahādeva; and of Krishṇa.