Gopāla
Gopāla:1.Gopāla.-King Udena’s son.Gopāla was also the name of the father of Udena’s queen consort,Gopālamātādevī.AA.i.118.
2.Gopāla.-One of the Yakkha chieftains,to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need.D.iii.205.
3.Gopāla.-One of the four sons of the chaplain to King Esukāri.For their story see the Hatthipāla Jātaka.Gopāla is identified with Moggallāna.J.iv.491.
4.Gopāla.-A setthi,father of Tapassu and Bhallika,in the time of Kassapa Buddha.ThagA.i.48.
5.Gopāla.-A devaputta of Tāvatimsa.He was the teacher of Uracchadamālā and gave alms to the Buddha Kassapa and the monks; he heard the Dhamma but could get no special attainment.Moggallāna met him during a visit to Tāvatimsa and,in answer to the Elder’s questions,Gopāla gave an account of himself.Moggallāna thereupon preached to him and he became a sotāpanna.Vv.v.14; VvA.270ff.
6.Gopāla.-A devaputta of Tāvatimsa.He had been a cowherd of Rājagaha and had once offered Moggallāna a meal of kummāsa (junket and rice).Immediately afterwards he was stung by a snake and died while watching the Elder eat the meal he had given him.Vv.vii.6; VvA.308f.