Jambavan

Jambavan

English

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit जाम्बवत् (jāmbavat).

Proper noun

Jambavan (uncountable)

1. Name of an immortal sloth-bear (or sometimes a monkey) in Hindu mythology, often stylized as "king of the bears".

Alternative forms

• Jāmbavan, Jambavana, Jāmbavana, Jambavat, Jāmbavat, Jambavantha, Jambuwana, Zabaman, Sambuvan

Translations

sloth-bear in Hindu mythology

Bengali: জাম্ববান (jambban) Gujarati: જાંબુવાન m (jā̃buvān) Hindi: जांबवन्त m (jāmbvant), जाम्बवन्त m (jāmbavant), रीछपति m (rīchapti) Kannada: ಜಾಂಬವಂತ (kn) (jāmbavanta) Malayalam: ജാംബവാന് (jāmbavānŭ) Marathi: जांबुवंत (jāmbuvant)

Punjabi: ਜਾਂਵਬੰਧ m (jā̃vabandh) Sanskrit: जाम्बवत् (sa) m (jāmbavat), ऋक्षराज (sa) m (ṛkṣarāja) Tamil: சாம்பவான் (ta) (cāmpavāṉ) Telugu: జాంబవంతుడు (te) (jāmbavantuḍu) Thai: ชมพูพาน