Nepal: Gopi milkmaids and three cattle approach a triple manifestation of Krishna standing on lotus blooms. Anonymous, Kathamandu Valley, c. 1840

Gopi is a word of Sanskrit origin meaning 'cow-herd girl'.

In Hinduism specifically the name gopi (sometimes gopika) is used more commonly to refer to the group of cow herding girls famous within Vaishnava Theology for their unconditional devotion (Bhakti) to Krishna as described in the stories of Bhagavata Purana and other Puranic literatures.

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