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कांबोज (kAMboja)

 
Apte 1890
English
कांबोज N. of a people and their country. They must have inhabited the Hindoo Koosh mountain which separates the Giljit valley from Balkh, and probably extended up to little Thibet and Lādak. Their country was famous for handsome horses and shawls made of goats', rats', and dogs' wool, and abounded in walnut trees
cf. R. 4. 69.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
कांबोजः
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"एक देश और उसके अधिवासियों का नाम। यह हिन्दुकुश पहाड़ के उस प्रदेश पर रहते होंगे जहाँ यह बलख से गिलगित को पृथक करता है, तथा तिब्बत और लद्दाख तक फैला हुआ है। यह प्रदेश घोड़ो के कारण प्रसिद्ध है। यहाँ पर बकरी आदि जानवरों की ऊन से शाल भी बनाये जाते थे। इसके अतिरिक्त यहाँ अखरोट के वृक्ष बहुत पाये जाते हैं। तु० रघु० ४/६९। "
L R Vaidya
English
kAMboja {% m. %} 1. A native of the Kambojas, M.x.44
2. a king of that country
3. the Punnāga tree
4. a species of horse from the Kamboja country.
पुराणम्
English
काम्बोज १ / KĀMBOJA I. sudakṣiṇa, the King of the country, kāmboja. He was present at Draupadī's svayaṁvara. In mahābhārata, karṇa Parva, Chapter 156 we read that his younger brother was killed by arjuna. The Kings of kāmboja were all known as Kāmbojas. Long ago, this country was ruled by a King named kāmboja. In mahābhārata, śānti Parva, Chapter 166, Verse 77, we see that this kāmboja was given a sword by the King dhundhumāra. Perhaps it was from this King kāmboja that the country came to be called ‘Kāmboja’.
काम्बोज २ / KĀMBOJA II. This kingdom was situated in the north western part of india. It is the modern Kabul. We get the following information from mahābhārata.(1) From mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 27, Verse 23, we see that arjuna had subdued this Kingdom.(2) The horses which were tied to Yudhiṣṭhira's chariot were brought from kāmboja. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 52, Verse 5).(3) The Mlecchas (a tribe of low-class people) of kāmboja will become Kings in kaliyuga. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 188, Verse 36).(4) There were Kāmbojas in Duryodhana's army. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 160, Verse 130).(5) At the time of mahābhārata the King of kāmboja was the brave and heroic sudakṣiṇa. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 166, Verses 1-3).(6) In the battle between kauravas and pāṇḍavas, the Kāmbojas took their position in some places in the “Garuḍa Vyūha”, a phalanx in the shape of an eagle made by bhīṣma. (M.B. bhīṣma parva, Chapter 56, Verse 7).(7) The horses of kāmboja were beautiful in appearance and of the colour of parrots. The horses which were tied to Nakula's chariot, were of this kind. (M.B. droṇa parva, Chapter 23, Verse 7).(8) When the horses of kāmboja ran, their tails and ears remained motionless. (M.B. droṇa parva, Chapter 36, Verse 36).