काम्बोज

{ kāmbōjḥ, kāmboja }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

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’.
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] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

काम्बोज (औपमन्यव) n.  एक आचार्य [वं. ब्रा.२] । निरुक्त में इन दोनों शब्दों का दूसरे अर्थ में परंतु एकत्र उल्लेख आया है [नि.२.२] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

काम्बोज  mfn.  mfn. ( fr. कम्बोज g. सिन्ध्व्-आदि and कच्छा-दि), born in or coming from कम्बोज (as horses), [R. v, 12, 36 &c.]
काम्बोज  m.  m. a native of कम्बोज (a race who, like the यवनs, shave the whole head; originally a क्षत्रिय tribe, but degraded through its omission of the necessary rites, [W.])
a prince of the कम्बोजs, [MBh. i, 6995]
a horse of the कम्बोज breed, [W.]
काम्बोज  m.  m. pl. N. of a people= कम्बोज, [Mn. x, 44]; [MBh.]; [R.] : [Ragh.]; [BhP.]; [Rājat.]
काम्बोज  m.  m. the plant Rottleria tinctoria (commonly Punnag), [L.]
a kind of white Mimosa, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

काम्बोजः [kāmbōjḥ]   [कम्बोज-अण्]
A native of the Kambojas; [Ms.1.44.]
A king of the Kambojas.
The Punnāga tree.
A species of horse from the Kamboja country. शतं वै यस्तु काम्बोजान्ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छति [Mb.12.] 35.14.
A conch.
A kind of plant (सोमवल्क); काम्बोजो हस्तिभेदे च शङ्खदेशविशेषयोः । अश्वे पुंनागवृक्षे च सोमवल्के तदिष्यते ॥ Nm. -Comp.
-आस्तरणम्   a blanket; [Mb. 11.25.1.]

Shabda-Sagara

काम्बोज  m.  ( -जः)
1. A native of Kamboja, a foreign race going like the Yavanas, with the whole of the head shaved, one of the tribes originally Kshetriya, but degraded by omission of the essential rites.
2. A horse of the bread of Kamboya or Kamboja.
3. A white mimosa.
4. A tree, commonly Punnaga, (Rottleria tinctoria)
 f.  ( -जी) 1. A plant, commonly Mashani: see माषपर्णी.
2. A white mimosa, as above.
3. The Gunja-plant.
E. कम्बोज Kamboja or Kamboya, a country in the north of India, अण् and ङीष् affixes: the plants, &c. being supposed indigenous to that district.

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कम्बोज अण् ङीष्