Shambara

Shambara
An illustration of Shambara (left) talking with his court members
AffiliationAsura
TextsPuranas
Genealogy
ChildrenMayasura, Shringaketu, Kumbhaketu
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Closeup of Vishnu, seated in the lotus position on a lotus. From depiction of the poet Jayadeva bowing to Vishnu, Gouache on paper Pahari, The very picture of devotion, bare-bodied, head bowed, legs crossed and hands folded, Jayadeva stands at left, with the implements of worship placed before the lotus-seat of Vishnu who sits there, blessing the poet.
Supreme deity
Vishnu / Krishna / Rama
Important deities
Dashavatara
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Puranas
Sampradayas
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Teachers—acharyas
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Shambara (Sanskrit: शम्बर, romanized: Śambara), also known as Shambarasura (Sanskrit: शम्बरासुर, romanized: Śambarāsur) is an asura featured in Hindu mythology. He abducted the infant Pradyumna, the son of Krishna and Rukmini, and attempted to drown him.[1] Pradyumna was raised by Mayavati (Rati), Shambarasura's cook, and the consort of the deity's true form of Kamadeva. After eventually growing up, Pradyumna killed Shambarasura and returned to his family in Dvaraka, along with his consort.

  1. ^ Krishna's Lineage: The Harivamsha of Vyasa's Mahabharata. Oxford University Press. 2 July 2019. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-19-027920-2.