Kambu Swayambhuva was an ancestor of the Punjabi Kambuja tribe and king of Aryadesa. He is listed and praised in shloka 22 of the Vedic ''Ekatmata Stotra'' hymn among

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, warriors and conquerors alongside

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, Rajendra Chola I, Ashoka,

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and others.

History

Scholar George Coedes refers to a 10th century inscription of a Cambodian dynastic legend in which the hermit ''Kambu Swayambhuva'' and the celestial nymph ''Mera'' unite and establish the Cambodian ''Solar'' royal dynasty (Kambu-Mera), that begins with the Chenla ruler ''Srutavarman'' and his son ''Sreshthavarman''. Coedes suggests that the ''Kambu Swayambhuva'' legend has its origins in southern India, as a version of the Kanchi Pallava dynasty creation myth. Claimed to be the eponym of the Kambojas, ''Kambu Swayambhuva'' is characterized as a Brahmin chieftain, married to ''Mera'', who was given to him by Lord Shiva. The name Kambu is stated to be a corruption of the standard Sanskrit Kamboja. English Scholars such as C. Lassen, S. Levi, Michael Witzel, J. Charpentier, A. Hoffman, A. B. Keith,

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and many others have traced the ethnic name Kamboja in the royal name Kambujadeshah (कम्बुजदेशः) in the

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Inscriptions Parskar Gryhamsutram spells the usual Kamboja as Kambuja.Parskar Gryhamsutram 2.1.23 The ''Markandeya Purana'' (8.1-6) as well as in ''Srimad Devi Bhagawatam'' (5.28.1-12) etc. refers to the Kambojas as Kambu clan. King Ashoka's Rock Edicts V & XIII located at Peshawar write Kamboj as ''Kamboy'' or ''Kambo''. Numerous

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writings of medieval era spell the Kamboj

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name as Kambu as well as Kambo. Obviously, these Kambu/Kambo terms are the corrupted forms of Kambuj/Kamboj and relate to the Kamboja of ancient Sanskrit and Pali texts and Inscriptions. This Sanskrit Kamboja appears as '' K.b.u.ji.i.y'', ''Kabujiya'' or perhaps ''Kabaujiya''/''Kaboujiya'' and ''Kambujiya'' or perhaps ''Kambaujiya'' ( OR with -n- in place of -m- as ''Kanbujiya'' or ''Kanbaujiya'') of Old Persian inscriptions, and Cambyses of Greek writings. The same name appears as ''C-n-b-n-z-y'' in Aramaic, ''Kambuzia'' in Assyrian, ''Kambythet'' in

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, ''Kam-bu-zi-ya'' or ''Ka-am-bu-zi-ya'' in

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, ''Kan-bu-zi-ia'' or ''Kan-bu-si-ya'' in Elamite, and ''Kanpuziya'' in the

Susa Susa ( ; Middle elx, 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗, translit=Šušen; Middle and Neo- elx, 𒋢𒋢𒌦, translit=Šušun; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid elx, 𒀸𒋗𒐼𒀭, translit=Šušán; Achaemenid elx, 𒀸𒋗𒐼, translit=Šušá; fa, شوش ...

n language (cf: ''Ancient Kamboja'' in ''Iran and Islam'', p 69, Dr H. W. Bailey).

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Full text of "Kambuja Desa"

Ekatmata Stotra (in Sanskrit and English, Kambu mentioned on p.4)
{{Rishis of Hindu mythology Rishis Indian hermits Kambojas

History

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