m. N. of a king of bears who was of signal service to Rāma at the siege of Laṅkā. He was also noted for his medical skill. [This same Jāmbavat appears to have lived up to the time of Kṛṣṇa, or perhaps he was another being of that time; for there was a fight between Kṛṣṇa and Jāmbavat for the Sya- mantaka jewel which the latter had got from Prasena, brother of Satrājit. Kṛṣṇa vanquished Jāmbavat, who placed the...