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The Kamboja peoples are referenced in numerous ancient Sanskrit and Pali texts including Sama Veda, Atharvaveda, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, Kautiliya's Arthashastra, Yasaka's Nirukata, Buddhist Jatakas, Jaina Canons, ancient grammar books and plays etc. A few illustrative examples are presented as follows: ==Kambojas of Pāṇini's Ashtadhyai== Pāṇini in his Ashtadhyayi 〔Sutras 4.1.168-175.〕 notes Kamboja as one of the fifteen prominent Kshatriya Janapadas in north-west. He also gives a rule for the derivative to denote the king of Kambojas. He attests that the word Kamboja denotes not only the Kamboja Kshatriya clan or the Kamboja country but also the ruler of the Kambojas as well as a descendant of the Kamboja Kshatriyas. The Mayuravyamsakadi—Ganapatha on Pāṇini's rule〔Ganapatha II.1.72.〕 attests that the Kambojas and the Yavanas observed a social custom of supporting short head-hair (''Kamboja.mundah Yavana.mundah...i.e. shaved-headed like Kambojas, shaved-headed like Yavanas''). This same characteristics of the Kambojas are attested by Mahabharata (''mundanetan ....Kambojan.eva''... MBH 7/119/23) as well as numerous Puranic literature (''Yavananam shirah sarvam Kambojanam tathaiva cha'') 〔Harivamsa 14.16.〕 (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kambojas in Indian literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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