[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.c12.880 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.880 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.880 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.880](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.880) \*\*Kamboja\*\* (Kambojaka).—One of the sixteen \*\*Mahājanapadas\*\* which, with \*\*Gandhāra\*\*, belonged, not to the \*\*Majjhimadesa\*\* but, evidently, to the \*\*Uttarāpatha\*\*.¹ It is often mentioned as the famous birthplace of horses (\*assānaṃ āyatanaṃ\*).² In the \*\*Kuṇāla Jātaka\*\*³ we are told that the Kambojas caught their horses by means of moss (\*jalajāta\*), and the scholiast⁴ explains at length how this was done. They sprinkled the moss with honey and left it in the horses' drinking place; from there, by means of honey sprinkled on the grass, the horses were led to an enclosure. - [Previous: v1.c12.879](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.879) - [Next: v1.c12.881](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.881) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.880](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.880) · Pramāṇa