Gopi
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology. India
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Sanskrit गोपी (gopī).
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