जंभ (jaMbha)

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 jaMBa {% m. %} 1. The jaws (generally in the plural)
a tooth
eating
a part,  a portion
a quiver
the chin
yawning,  gaping
name of a demon killed by Indra
the citron tree.

पुराणम्

English

जम्भ / JAMBHA. A Daitya (asura). He was the chief among those who snatched away Amṛta from the hands of dhanvantari. (agni purāṇa,  Chapter 3).
In the Purāṇas several Asuras (demons) bearing the name jambha are mentioned. It is stated in mahābhārata,  Sabhā Parva,  Dākṣiṇātyapāṭha,  Chapter  38,  that śrī kṛṣṇa killed an asura named jambha. Mention is made in mahābhārata,  Sabhā Parva,  Chapter 98,  Stanza 49 that the teacher śukra refused to help a jambha whom indra killed later. It occurs in mahābhārata,  Vana Parva,  Chapter 102,  Stanza 24,  that Mahāviṣṇu had killed an asura called jambha. It is stated in mahābhārata,  Vana Parva,  Chapter 285,  Stanza 2,  that a group of Jambhāsuras,  who had undergone training under rāvaṇa,  once attacked hanūmān. Another Jambhāsura had been killed by arjuna,  as stated in mahābhārata,  Udyoga Parva,  Chapter 49. All these Dānavas (Asuras) were sons of kaśyapa born of his wife danu.

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