A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1569

c5.1569

SAMBARA. In the Vedas, a demon, also called a Dasyu, who fought against King Divodāsa, 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 Vritra, or identical with him. In the Purānas a Daitya who carried off Pradyumna and threw him into the sea, but was subsequently slain by him. (*See* Pradyumna.) He was also employed by Hiranya-kasipu to destroy Prahlāda.