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Sambara

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Sambara is the asura slain by Krishna. At SB 3.3.11 Uddhava lists him with Dvivida, Bana, Mura and Balvala, and with others such as Dantavakra: 'shambaM divividaM bANaM muraM balvalam eva cha / anyAMsh cha dantavaktrAdIn avadhIt kAMsh cha ghAtayat' — some Krishna killed Himself, some He had killed. Note that this is Sambara the asura, distinct from Samba the son of Krishna already in the roster; the two are kept separate here.

Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 3.3.11 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned chapter page; Devanagari from the cross-validated transcription in validation/sanskrit_skandha3.json)