Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c6.14

Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva c6.14

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c6.14

The derivation of the word racked the brain of the Pandits in ancient times as well. Continuing with Yāska (II, 1, 4)—*Kambojāḥ Kambalabhojāḥ Kamanīyabhojā vā Kambalaḥ Kamanīyam bhadati*—Kambojas are Bhojas with woollen shawls or handsome Bhojas etc., (wearing the Kambala to avoid cold adds the commentator). These fanciful derivations of the initials *kam* in Kamboja show the efforts of the ancients to solve the riddle. We shall have to come to this *kam* later on.

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Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit