sāmba | साम्ब | sAmba

1. sāmba | साम्ब | m. (also written ṣāmba | षाम्ब |) 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 ṣāstrin | षास्त्रिन् |) N. of various authors and teachers, Cat.
sāmba | साम्ब | n. = -purāṛa | -पुराऋअ |, ib.
2. sāmba | साम्ब | mfn. attended by Ambā (q.v.), KāśīKh.

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