Madanagopala, Madanagopāla, Madana-gopala: 7 definitions

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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

[«previous next»] — Madanagopala in Vaishnavism glossary
Source: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam

Madanagopāla (मदनगोपाल) refers to:—(or Madanagopāladeva) Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the attractor of Cupid; the worshipful Lord of Śrī Gopa-kumāra. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Madanagopala in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madanagopāla (मदनगोपाल).—an epithet of Kṛṣṇa.

Derivable forms: madanagopālaḥ (मदनगोपालः).

Madanagopāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madana and gopāla (गोपाल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Madanagopāla (मदनगोपाल).—m.

(-laḥ) Krishna.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Madanagopāla (मदनगोपाल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—guru of Vaikuṇṭhapurī (Dvādaśamahāvākyavivaraṇa). Oxf. 227.

Madanagopāla has the following synonyms: Gopālapurī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Madanagopāla (मदनगोपाल):—[=madana-gopāla] [from madana > mad] m. ‘herdsman of l°’, Name of Kṛṣṇa, [Padma-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of the preceptor of Vaikuṇṭha-purī, [Catalogue(s)]

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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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