शकंभर (zakaMbhara)
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Vedic Reference
EnglishŚakaṃ-bhara, ‘bearer of dung, ’ is found in one passage of
the Atharvaveda, ^1 where the sense is doubtful. Ludwig^2 and
Grill^3 see in it a tribal name, Bloomfield^4 the personification of
excessive evacuation (diarrhœa), while Whitney^5 considers
that it may refer to the Mahāvṛṣas, despised as having to
collect dung for fuel in the absence of wood in their country.
1) v. 22. 4.
2) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 510.
3) Hundert Lieder^2, 154.
4) Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 445, 446.
5) Translation of the Atharvaveda,
259.
Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 18, 253.
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