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शैब्या (zaibyA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शैब्या
f.
 (cf. under शैब)
N.
 of various princesses,
MBh.
Caṇḍ.
of a river,
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Śaibyā^1 (“daughter of the king of the Śibis”) = Sunandā: I, 3797 (wife of Pratīpa).
Śaibyā^2 (do.), wife of Sagara. § 387 (Sagara): III, 106, 8833, 8843.--§ 388 (Asamañjas): III, 107, 8888 (monther of Asamañjas).
Śaibyā^3 (do.), wife of Dyumatsena. § 545 (Pativratamāhātmyap.): III, 298, 16859, 16883
299, 16911.
Śaibyā^4 (do.), wife of Kṛshṇa. § 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 7, 249 (when the body of Kṛshṇa was burnt, Ś. ascended the funeral pyre).
Śaibyā^5, a river. § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9, 331 (in Bhāratavarsha).
पुराणम्
English
शैब्या १ / ŚAIBYĀ I. One of the wives of King sagara. sagara had two wives named sumati and keśinī. In devī bhāgavata, 9th skandha we see that sumati had another name, “Vaidarbhī” and keśinī had another name, “Śaibyā”. Prince asamañjasa was the son of śaibyā.
शैब्या २ / ŚAIBYĀ II. Queen of dyumatsena, the King of sālva. This śaibyā was the mother of satyavān. (See under satyavān).
शैब्या ३ / ŚAIBYĀ III. One of the wives of śrī kṛṣṇa. When her husband śrī kṛṣṇa renounced his body, this śaibyā jumped into the fire and was burnt to death. (M.B. Mausala Parva, Chapter 7, Verse 73).