गीष्पति m. (
-तिः)
1. A name of VRIHASPATI, regent of JUPITER and preceptor of the gods.
2. A Pandit or learned teacher.
E. गिर् speech, in the mominative case,
गीः and
पति master, Visarga becomes
स and
स is here changed irregularly to
ष the compound however is sometimes written differently, thus
गीःपति, गीर्पति or
गीस्पति.
ROOTS:
गिर् गीः पति स स ष गीःपति गीर्पति गीस्पति