m. (also written sambhala) N. of a town (situated between the Rathaprā and Ganges, and identified by some with Sambhal in Moradābād; the town or district of Śambhala is fabled to be the place where Kalki, the last incarnation of Viṣṇu, is to appear in the family of a Brāhman named Viṣṇu-yaśas), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]