śambhala m. (also written sambhala) N. of a town (situated between the Rathaprā and Ganges, and indentified by some with sambhal in Moradābād

• the town or district of Śambhala is fabled to be the place where Kalki, the last incarnation of Vishṇu, is to appear in the family of a Brāhman named Vishṇu-yaśas) MBh. Hariv. Pur.

• (ī), f. a procuress L. (cf. śamphalī and śambhalī)