शम्ब

{ śamba }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शम्ब  m.  m. (derivation doubtful) a weapon used by इन्द्र ( accord. to some ‘ इन्द्र's thunderbolt’, but cf. शम्बि॑न्), [RV. x, 42, 7] (= वज्र, [Naigh. iv, 2])
the iron head of a pestle, [L.]
an iron chain worn round the loins, [W.]
a partic. measure of length, [L.]
अनुलोम-कर्षण   ploughing in the regular direction (= ), [L.]

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अनुलोम कर्षण

the second ploughing of a field, [W.]
शम्बर    N. of an असुर ( cf.), [TBr.] Sch.
शम्ब  mfn.  mfn. happy, fortunate, [L.] ( cf. शं-वत्, p. 1054, col. 2)
poor (?), [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शम्ब [śamba] म्भ [mbha]   (म्भ) a. [शम्ब्-अच्]
Happy, fortunate.
Poor, unfortunate.
म्बः, (म्भः) The thunderbolt of Indra.
The iron head of a pestle.
An iron chain worn round the loins.
Ploughing 'with the grain' or in the regular direction.
The second ploughing of a field.
A particular measure of length. (शम्बाककृ means 'to plough twice'; त्वया शम्बाकृतं क्षतम् [N.2.83,] doubly pierced). -Comp.
-पाणिः  N. N. of Indra (having a thunderbolt in his hand); कण्ठेकालेन कैलासः स मेरुः शम्ब- पाणिना [Śiva.B.1.6.]

Shabda-Sagara

शम्ब  mfn.  ( -म्बः-म्बा-म्बं)
1. Happy, fortunate.
2. Poor, indigent.
 m.  ( -म्बः) 1. INDRA'S thunderbolt.
2. The iron head of a pestle.
3. An iron chain worn round the loins.
4. The second ploughing of a field.
E. शम् happiness, and ब possessive aff.; or शम्ब् to accumulate, aff. अच्; it is also read सव, शंव, and सम्ब .

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शम् ब शम्ब् अच्; सव शंव सम्ब .