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SAMAYACHARIKA SUTRASSAMBARA.
of the Sama-veda. It lias been edited and translated by Bur-
nell
SAMAYACHAKIKA StfTKAS. Eules for the usages and
practices of everyday life. See Sutras.
SAMBA, A son of Krishna by Jambavatl, but the Linga
Purawa names Rukmitti as his mother. At the swayam-vara of
Draupadi he carried off that princess, but he was pursued by
Dur-yodhana and his friends and made prisoner. Bala-rama
undertook to obtain his release, and when that hero thrust his
ploughshare under the ramparts of Hastina-pura and threatened
it with ruin, the Kauravas gave up their prisoner, and Bala-
rama took him to Dwaraka, There he lived a dissolute life and
scoffed at sacred things. The devotions of the three great sages,
Viswamitra, Dur-vasas, and Narada, excited the ridicule of Samba
and his boon companions. They dressed Samba up to represent
a woman with child and took him to the sages, inquiring
whether he would give birth to a boy or a girl The sages
answered, " This is not a woman, but the son of Knslma, and
he shall bring forth an iron club which shall destroy the whole
race of Yadu, . . . and you and all your people shall perish by
that club." Samba accordingly brought forth an iron club,
which TJgrasena caused to be pounded and cast into the se*t
These ashes produced rushes, and the rushes when gathered
turned into clubs, or into reeds which were used as swords.
One piece could not be crushed This was subsequently found
in the belly of a fish, and was used to tip an arrow, which
arrow was used by the hunter Jaras, who with it unintentionally
killed Knsh?za. Under the curse of Dur-yasas, Samba became a
leper and retired to the Panjab, where by fasting, penance, and
prayer he obtained the favour of Surya (the sun), and was cured
of his leprosy. He built a temple to the sun on the banks of
the Chandra-bhaga (Chinab), and introduced the worship of that
luminary.
/SAMBA-PUM^A. See Purana.
SAMBAKA. In the Vedas, a demon, also called a Dasyu,
who fought against King Divodasa, but was defeated and had
his many castles destroyed by Indra. He appears
to be a
mythical personification of drought, of a kindred character to
Vntra,
carried
or identical with him. In the Purattas a Daitya who
off Pradyumna and threw him into the sea, but was