Chandravarma Kamboja
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Chandravarma Kamboja is the first Kamboja king mentioned by name in the Mahābhārata
.
He appears to have been an ancient very powerful and renowned (vikhyaat) ruler of the Kambojas. He finds mention in the Adiparva section of the epic
Mahābhārata
, where he is stated to be an Asura or a demonic ruler (Also See main entry Candra in Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary) http://students.washington.edu/prem/mw/c.html.
Mahābhārata styles Chandravarma as an incarnation of Daitya Chandra, the foremost among the powerful sons of goddess
Diti
.
The Mahābhārata reference also implies that this Chandravarma was extremely handsome and illustrious king of the Kambojas .
In Brahmanical allegories, sons of Diti are called Marut
s. They are all said to be great warrior
s. One Marut is stated to have even conquered the god
s. Obviously, this Marut might have been the so-called Daitya Chandra, whom the epic styles as the foremost among the sons of Diti.
Since Chandravarma of Kambojas is described as an incarnation of this Daitya Chandra, it is also obvious that Kamboja Chandravarma may indeed have been an illustrious and mighty warrior.
The Kamboj
/Kamboh community
traditions claim one Chander Burman as a god, and the royal ancestor of the Kambojas. Kamboj traditions also claim that certain raja Sodakhsh was a descendant
of god Chander Burman, and had sided with the Kauravas against the Pandava
s, in the prolonged war of Kurukhetra
. These facts were collected at the end of ninetieth century by one British ethnographer H. A. Rose.
Sodakhsh of the Kamboj traditions clearly refers to great Sudakshina of Mahbharata fame.
The present Kamboj community claims to have descended from god Chander Burman.
God Chander Burman of the Kamboj traditions can easily be identified with Asura king Chandravarma, referenced in the Adiparava of Mahābhārata.
This traditional evidence thus points at the Iran
ian affinities of the Kambojas
.
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
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He appears to have been an ancient very powerful and renowned (vikhyaat) ruler of the Kambojas. He finds mention in the Adiparva section of the epic
Epic poetry
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
Mahābhārata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
, where he is stated to be an Asura or a demonic ruler (Also See main entry Candra in Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary) http://students.washington.edu/prem/mw/c.html.
Mahābhārata styles Chandravarma as an incarnation of Daitya Chandra, the foremost among the powerful sons of goddess
Goddess
A goddess is a female deity. In some cultures goddesses are associated with Earth, motherhood, love, and the household. In other cultures, goddesses also rule over war, death, and destruction as well as healing....
Diti
Diti
In Hinduism, Diti is an earth goddess and mother of the Maruts with Rudra. She is also the mother of the Daityas with the sage Kashyapa. She wanted to have a son who would be more powerful than Indra and so she practiced magic and kept herself pregnant for one year. Indra used a thunderbolt to...
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The Mahābhārata reference also implies that this Chandravarma was extremely handsome and illustrious king of the Kambojas .
In Brahmanical allegories, sons of Diti are called Marut
Marut
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s. They are all said to be great warrior
Warrior
A warrior is a person skilled in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based society that recognizes a separate warrior class.-Warrior classes in tribal culture:...
s. One Marut is stated to have even conquered the god
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
s. Obviously, this Marut might have been the so-called Daitya Chandra, whom the epic styles as the foremost among the sons of Diti.
Since Chandravarma of Kambojas is described as an incarnation of this Daitya Chandra, it is also obvious that Kamboja Chandravarma may indeed have been an illustrious and mighty warrior.
The Kamboj
Kamboj
The Kambojs , also Kamboh, are an ethnic community of the Punjab region. They may relate to the Kambojas, an Iranian tribe known to the people of Iron Age India and mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts and epigraphy. Kamboj is frequently used as a surname in lieu of the sub-caste or the gotra name...
/Kamboh community
Community
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traditions claim one Chander Burman as a god, and the royal ancestor of the Kambojas. Kamboj traditions also claim that certain raja Sodakhsh was a descendant
Kinship
Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. And descent groups, lineages, etc. are treated in their own subsections....
of god Chander Burman, and had sided with the Kauravas against the Pandava
Pandava
In the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, the Pandava are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu , by his two wives Kunti and Madri. Their names are Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. Although, Karna is told by Lord Krishna that according to the laws and ethics he is the first son of Kunti making...
s, in the prolonged war of Kurukhetra
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra is a land of historical and religious importance. Historically the land belonged to Punjab now a district in Haryana state of India. It is a holy place and is also known as Dharmakshetra . According to the Puranas, Kurukshetra is named after King Kuru, the ancestor of Kauravas and...
. These facts were collected at the end of ninetieth century by one British ethnographer H. A. Rose.
Sodakhsh of the Kamboj traditions clearly refers to great Sudakshina of Mahbharata fame.
The present Kamboj community claims to have descended from god Chander Burman.
God Chander Burman of the Kamboj traditions can easily be identified with Asura king Chandravarma, referenced in the Adiparava of Mahābhārata.
This traditional evidence thus points at the Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian affinities of the Kambojas
Kambojas
The Kambojas were a kshatriya tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in Sanskrit and Pali literature.They were an Indo-Iranian tribe situated at the boundary of the Indo-Aryans and the Iranians, and appear to have moved from the Iranian into the Indo-Aryan sphere over time.The Kambojas...
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See also
- KambojasKambojasThe Kambojas were a kshatriya tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in Sanskrit and Pali literature.They were an Indo-Iranian tribe situated at the boundary of the Indo-Aryans and the Iranians, and appear to have moved from the Iranian into the Indo-Aryan sphere over time.The Kambojas...
- Epic Kamboja
- Kamatha KambojaKamatha KambojaKamatha is a Kamboja king mentioned in the Mahābhārata as one of the principal Kshatriyas taking part in the battle....
- Sudakshina KambojaSudakshina KambojaSudakshina was a king of the Kambojas, mentioned in theMahābhārata as fighting on the side of the Kauravas and being slain by Arjuna....
- Prapaksha KambojaPrapaksha KambojaThe fourth prince of the Kambojas referenced in the Mahābhārata is the younger brother of the illustrious prince Sudakshina Kamboja. In the epic, this prince is simply addressed as Kamboja, but according to Pandit Bhagavadatta Sharma, the real name of the prince was Parpakash Kamboja .Prince...
- Mahābhārata SwordMahabharata SwordThe common term for "sword" in Classical Sanskrit is . The inherited Indo-European term survives as , in Rigvedic Sanskrit still as a term for a kind of sacrificial dagger or knife.This word appears as a proper name, , of the personification of the first sword created by Brahma.A legend...