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गौपायन (gaupAyana)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गौपायन
m.
pl.
the descendants of गो-प॑ (or गौप,
TāṇḍyaBr.
, Sch.),
TāṇḍyaBr.
xiii
Pravar.
vi, 1 (गोप्°)
(authors of
RV.
x, 57-60),
RAnukr.
Monier Williams 1872
English
गौपायन, अस्, m. a patronymic from Gopa.
Vedic Reference
English
Gaupāyana (‘descendant of Gopa’). The Gaupāyanas
appear in the legend of Asamāti, Kirāta, and Ākuli, which is
first met with in the Brāhmaṇas.^1
1) Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 12, 5
Jaiminīva Brāhmaṇa, iii. 167 (Journal
of the American Oriental Society, 18, 41)
Sāṭyāyanaka in Sāyaṇa on Rv. x. 57
(Max Müller's edition, 4^2, c et seq.)
Bṛhaddevatā, vii. 83 et seq., with Mac-
donell's notes.