शम्भु [ śambhu ] [ śambhú ] m. f. n. being or existing for happiness or welfare , granting or causing happiness , beneficent , benevolent , helpful , kind Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. Br. Lit. ŚrS.

  [ śambhu ] m. N. of Śiva Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  of Brahmā Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.

  of a partic. Agni Lit. MBh.

  of Vishṇu Lit. L.

  of a son of Vishṇu Lit. MBh.

  of Indra in the 10th Manvantara Lit. BhP.

  of one of the 11 Rudras Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. VP.

  of a king of the Daityas Lit. R.

  of an Arhat Lit. L.

  of a Siddha Lit. L.

  of a king Lit. MBh. (v.l. [ śanku ] )

  of a son of Śuka Lit. Hariv.

  of a son of Ambarīsha Lit. BhP.

  ( also with [ bhaṭṭa ] ) of various authors and other men Lit. Cat.

  a kind of Asclepias Lit. L.

  a kind of metre Lit. Col.

  f. N. of the wife of Dhruva Lit. Hariv. Lit. VP.