Sāmba
Sāmba, “with Ambā”
Sāmba is a name used for more than one man in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Sāmba: the son of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa and Jāmbavatī, healed by Bhagavān Sūrya at Candrabhāgā, who later became the source of the iron mushala. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 72–73, 127–128, 129, 133; Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 14; Mahābhārata, Mausala Parva, Chapters 1, 3
- Sāmba the Bahvṛca Brāhmaṇa: the brāhmaṇa chosen by the citizens of Kurujāṅgala to answer Dhṛtarāshṭra when he left for the forest. Mahābhārata, Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 10