History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t9.332
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t9.332
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Campā—A (city on the Bhāgīrathī four miles to west of Bhagalpur and one of the six great cities of the times of the Buddha) V. 84.163, 85.14, 308.26, P. I. 38.70; M. 48. 91 (originally it was called Mālinī but later was called Campā after king Campa) According to the Mahāparinibbāna-sutta the six great cities are Campā, Rājagṛha, Śrāvastī, Sāketa, Kausāmbī, Benares (SBE vol. XI. p. 99 and p. 247), Vām. 84.12 mentions Cāmpeya brāhmaṇas Campā is in the Varaṇādi-gaṇa (Pāṇ. IV. 2. 82). B (river sacred to pitṛs) M. 22.41, P V. 11. 35 (between Aṅga and Magadha, acc to Dey p 43) It was the capital of Lomapāda and of Karṇa