[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.1157 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.1157 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.1157 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.1157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1157) 2. Gopaka.—A king of ninety-one kappas ago; he offered kaṇavera-flowers to the Buddha. He was a previous birth of Kaṇaverapupphiya.¹ 3. Gopaka.—A deva. He had been a Sākiyan maid of Kapilavatthu named Gopikā (Gopī), 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 Tāvatiṃsa. 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.¹ - [Previous: v1.c14.1156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1156) - [Next: v1.c14.1158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1158) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1157) · Pramāṇa