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sāmba

m. (also written śāmba) N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa and Jāmbavatī (in consequence of the curse of some holy sages who had been deceived by a female disguise which he had assumed, he was condemned to produce offspring in the shape of a terrific iron club for the destruction of the race of Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka; he is said to have been instructed by Nārada in the worship of the sun, and by Vyāsa in the ritual of the Magi), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

(also with śāstrin) N. of various authors and teachers, [Cat.]

n. = -purāṇa, [ib.]

mfn. attended by Ambā (q.v.), [KāśīKh.]