Talk:Samba (Krishna's son)

Probably not leprosy
I get that we could basically treat this character as a product of popular religion whose story is whatever people believe it to be but—although India seems to have had leprosy during this period—within its historical context the Sanskrit kushtha that modern Hindi uses for leprosy was at the time just a generic word for any skin disease. Cf. the Sushruta Samhita (Vol. II, Ch. V) which lists leprosy proper as one of 11 forms of kushtha, which also includes things like psoriasis and excessive dandruff. Unless the original texts for this story get into details, generic kushtha could be any of the other afflictions as well. — Llywelyn II   02:15, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Here is at least one source that specifically notes that the term used is white kushtha and argues that it's probably talking about vitiligo, not leprosy. — Llywelyn II   02:37, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Clarity
We should also make it clearer that these are 3 separate traditions concerning a known affliction, not that Hindus believe he was struck with leprosy three times for three different issues. — Llywelyn II   02:37, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

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