Re: REQUEST : Shambho

Posted By Mani Varadarajan (mani@be.com)
04 Sep 1997 12:21:31 -0700

kstuart@jps.net (Ken Stuart) writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for the literal translation from Sanskrit to
> English of "Shambho".
>
> Please no interpretations tinged with theology, just the
> literal translation.
>

"Sambho" is the vocative of "Sambhu", which in turn
is derived from "Sam" + "bhavati". "Sam" means calmness,
and "bhavati" is the present tense form of the root "bhu",
which means "is" or "become". So "Sambhu" means he is
who is calm. One can also take it to mean he who induces
calmness.

Mani

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