A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1700

c5.1700

SKAMBHA. ‘The supporter.’ A name sometimes used in the Rig-veda to designate the Supreme Deity. There is considerable doubt and mystery about both this name and deity. “The meaning of the term,” says Goldstücker, “is ‘the fulcrum,’ and it seems to mean the fulcrum of the whole world in all its physical, religious, and other aspects.”—Muir’s Texts, v. 378.