ṡambara

(n) carriage, conveyer, carrier. Sambaraŋo buka soneeyaa jaŋ. Carriers are not usually available here.

mf (ī́)n. relating orﾠ belonging orﾠ peculiar to Ṡambara RV. Hariv. etc.;

m. N. of a demon (in RV. often mentioned with Sushṇa, Arbuda, Pipru etc.;

m. the Asura Sambara;

m. « Sambara-slayer»

m. « enemy of Sambara» id. Bhām.

m. « slayer of Sambara andﾠ Vṛitra»

m. destroyer of Ṡambara, the god of love L.,

m. « Ṡambara-killer»

m. « Ṡambara-destroyer», the god of love Hariv.

m. enemy of Sambara Hāsy.

v.l. for ṡambara, saṉ-vara, andﾠ sam-bhara (qq.vv.)

m. a kind of bulbous plant L.

n. a variety of sandal L.

m. « Ṡ-destoyer», the god of love Gīt.

m. seeﾠ above

n. the killing of ṠñṠambara RV. TBr. ṠāṇkhSr.

n. the art of jugglery, magic Naish.

- rī seeﾠ ṡāmb p. 1065

प्रद्युम्नः An epithet of Cupid, the god of love. [He was a son of Kṛiṣṇa and Rukmiṇī. When only six years old, he was stolen away by the demon Śambara for he was foretold that Pradyumna would be his destroyer. Śambara cast the child into the roaring sea, and a large fish swallowed it. This fish was caught by a fisherman and taken to the demon; and when it was cut up, a beautiful child came out from the belly, and Māyāvatī, the mistress of Śambara's household, at the desire of Nārada, carefully reared him from childhood. As he grew up, she was fascinated by the beauty of his person, but Pradyumna reproved her for entertaining towards himself feelings so unbe- coming a mother as he considered her. But when he was told that he was not her son, but of Viṣṇu and was cast into the sea by Śambara, he became enraged, and, challenging him to fight, succeeded in killing him by the force of illusions. He and Māyāvatī afterwards repaired to the house of Kṛiṣṇa, where Nārada told him and Rukmiṇī that the boy was their own and that Māyāvatī was his wife.]