[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s8.151 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.151 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.151 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.151) Śambara is the name of an enemy of Indra in the Rigveda.¹ He is mentioned along with Śuṣṇa, Pipru, and Varcin, being in one passage called a Dāsa, son of Kulitara.² In another passage³ he is said to have deemed himself a godling (devaka). His forts, ninety,⁴ ninety-nine,⁵ or a hundred⁶ in number, are alluded to, the word itself in the neuter plural once⁷ meaning the ‘forts of Śambara.’ His great foe was Divodāsa Atithigva, who won victories over him by Indra’s aid.⁸ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.150) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.152) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.151) · Pramāṇa