[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.1648 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1648 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1648 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.1648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1648) Kāḷacampā.—A city in Aṅga; it was sixty leagues from Mithilā, with which it was connected by a cart-road.¹ To Kāḷacampā came sages from the Himālaya to procure salt and sour condiments.² There lived Puṇṇaka’s relations.³ Varuṇa, the Nāga king, tells Vidhūra that he (Varuṇa) and his wife were once inhabitants of Kāḷacampā.⁴ Kāḷacampā is probably another name for Campā (\*q.v.\*); in fact, the name Campā is used more than once in reference to Kāḷacampā.⁵ According to the Aṅguttara Commentary,⁶ Soṇa Koḷivisa was born in Kāḷacampā; the Theragāthā Commentary,⁷ however, speaks of his birthplace as Campā. - [Previous: v1.c12.1647](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1647) - [Next: v1.c12.1649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1649) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1648) · Pramāṇa