Gopaka
1. Gopaka.- An Elder. He once stayed at the KukkutÄrÄma in PÄá¹aliputta, where he was given a set of robes. Vin.i.300.
2. Gopaka.- A king of ninety-one world-cycles ago; he offered kanavera-flowers to the Buddha. He was a previous birth of Kanaverapupphiya. Ap.i.182.
3. Gopaka.- A deva. He had been a SÄkiyan maid of Kapilavatthu named GopikÄ (GopÄ«), who led a virtuous life and, according to the Buddha’s teaching, had cultivated the thoughts of a man. After death she was born as a devaputta in TÄvatiṃsa. There, when he saw monks reborn as Gandhabbas, he rebuked them for having neglected their opportunities. A series of verses attributed to Gopaka are given in the Sakkapañha Sutta. D.ii.271-5.
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