Kambojas of Panini - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Kambojas Of Panini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas Of Panini - Panini’s Rules For Janapadas And The Kshatriya Settlers
The princes who ruled over these countries were Kshatriyas, and Panini's sutra 4.1.174 (te tadrajah) teaches us that the same word denote...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Modern Kamboj And Kamboh
The population of the modern people who still call themselves Kamboj (or prikritic Kamboh, or Kamoz) or Kambhoj is estimated to be around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Kambojas: A Warrior Clan
In India, the Kambojas seem to have belonged to the Kshatriya caste of Indo-Aryan society. The earliest and most powerful reference endor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Original Home Of Kambojas
Analysis of ancent Sanskrit texts[3] and inscriptions place the Kambojas, Gandharas, Yavanas, Madras, and the Sakas in the Uttarapatha - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Ethnicity & Language Of Kambojas
Numerous classical sources[1] all indicate that ancient Kamboja was a center of Iranian civilization. This is evident from the Mazdean re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - The Kambojas And The Mauryan Empire
The Mudrarakshas play of Visakhadutta as well as the Jain work Parisishtaparvan refers to Chandragupta's alliance with the Himalayan king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Kambojas: Master Horsemen
The horses of the Kambojas were famous throughout all periods of ancient history. Ancient literature is overflowing with excellent refere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - The Kambojas And Alexander The Great
Because the Kambojas were famous for their horses (ashva) and as cavalry-men (ashvaka) they were also popularly called "Ashvakas". The As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas Of Panini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas Of Panini - Ganapatha On Panini’s Rule And The Kambojas
The Ganapatha 178 on Panini's rule II.1.72 - Mayuravyamsakad'i' informs us that the Kambojas and the Yavanas observed a social custom of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas Of Panini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas Of Panini - Panini’s Ganas And The Kamboja
Panini has also read Kamboja in the ganas to IV.2.133 (Kachhadi ) and IV.3.93 (Sindhuvadi) and has recommended adding affix like aÑ etc ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas Of Panini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas Of Panini - Panini’s Sutras 4.1.168-4.1.177
Sutra IV.1.168 (janapada.shabdat.kshatriyad aÑ) is important. Grammatically, it teaches that the affix aÑ (or Ñyan, iÑ etc) comes aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas Of Panini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas Of Panini - Special Rule For Kamboja
For Kamboja (and only the Kamboja) Panini recommends Luk of an affix with janapada of Kamboja (sutra 4.1.175: Kambojal.Luk) which importa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas Of Panini: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas Of Panini - Katyayana's Expansion Of Sutra 4.1.175
Later, Katyayana (3rd c BC) had expanded the scope of Panini's sutra 4.1.175 (Kambojal.luk) by adding a vartika to the sutra as follows: ...   » Read the article