Meanings
noungopi (plural gopis)
plural gopis
- IndiaAny of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.
The gopis were, as usual, filling their pots with water on the banks of the Jamuna when the god with a thousand names took out a catapult and one by one broke the pots on their heads and ogled at the drenched ladies.
1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 413
Origin
- Sanskritगोपी
- Englishgopi
From Sanskrit गोपी (gopī).
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