Citations:Kamboji

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English citations of Kamboji

See also Citations:kamboji, Citations:kambhoji, and Citations:Kambhoji.

Kamboji: adjective[edit]

Kamboji: noun or POS unclear[edit]

music[edit]

  • (Can we date this quote?), Thought, volume 24, issues 27-53, page 23:
    At the concert at Delhi's Kamani House, two Raagas with haunting beauty were Kamboji and Ananda-bhairavi.
  • 1962, Facets of Indian Culture, page 8:
    [...] not sing even well-known major ragas like Todi, Kamboji in proper style, indulging in swara-spouting!
  • 1981, Proceedings of the Seminar on Temple Art and Architecture, held in March 1980, page 57:
    The night pujas receive the rendering of Kamboji, Hari Kamboji, Todi, Bhairavi and Ananda Bhairavi.
  • 1981, Prajnanananda (Swami), A historical study of Indian music, page 139:
    This leads us to believe that though the Kāmbojians were a Sanskrit speaking people, yet they were not included within the Aryan clan, and as such the national tune of the Kāmbojians, Kāmbojī was originally known as the non-Aryan one.
  • 2004, Indira Menon, Great Masters of Carnatic Music, 1930-1965, page 31:
    Among his early records the most popular ones were, Evarimata in Kamboji, Alakalalla in Madhyamavati, Anupamagunambudhi in Atana, Kartikeya gangeya in Todi, [...]

script or language[edit]

  • 1983, Sarasi Kumar Saraswati, Aspects of Indian Art and Culture, page 207:
    4. THE ‘KAMBOJI’ (?) SCRIPT
    Recent archaeological expeditions in Afghanistan have revealed three inscriptions in an unknown script and language [...]
  • 1994 December 15, in the Encyclopaedia Iranica, page 96:
    Gérard Fussman (1974, pp. 32-34) suggested that it was meant to express Kambojī, an early language still unattested in surviving examples, which was spoken by a tribe settled in this very region and which may have been Iranian, perhaps even akin to proto-Ormuri. [...] Whether or not this view is accepted, there are now sufficient surviving examples of this script from Central Asia and Afghanistan, particularly from Surkh Kotal, Āy Ḵānom (q.v.), Qara Tepe (old Termeḏ), Issyk, and other sites, to ensure that the language is not Kambojī.

dialect[edit]

  • 1988, Deśīnāmamālā, page 148:
    But the whole of the verse under discussion illustrates only one dialect, viz, Kāmbojī, and the last verse illustrates the Auḍri dialect.

plant[edit]

  • 1972, Journal of Dairy Science, volume 55, issues 1-6, page 102:
    It consists of the extracts of the two indigenous medical plants, namely Leptadenia reticulata (Jeevanti) and Breynia patens (Kamboji) in equal proportions.
  • 1977, The Antiseptic, volume 74:
    A drug [...] contains Leptadenia reticulata (Jeevanti) and Breynia patens (Kamboji). The former is a tonic and the latter is an astringent.
  • 2004, S. Suresh Babu, Home-made Herbal Cosmetics, page 96:
    Composition
    1. Bhringraj/Bharangaraj 1 kg.
    [...] ¶
    5. Kamboji/Kuchandan (Adenanthera pavonina) 1 kg.

people[edit]

  • 2005, People of India: Uttar Pradesh, volume 42, part 2, page 691:
    It is said that the people came to India about 5000 years ago from Cambodia, hence they were called Kamboji (of Cambodia). During Mahabharat era, seven Kamboji kings under the leadership of King Sudakshina ruled Combodia and its neighbouring areas.
    [...] ¶
    In ad 1192, Prithviraj was defeated by Ghori, who ordered a wholesale massacre of Kambojis. In ad 1206, Ghori was assassinated by an unknown assassin, and the Kambojis were blamed for this crime.
  • 2005, People of India: Uttar Pradesh, volume 1, page 691:
    Sudakshina fought so well that Lord Krishna brought Arjuna's chariot face to face with the Kamboji king.