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GEOGRAPHICAL LEXICON
Camarī--a village.
It is mentioned that Camari was an inaccessible village of the Bh which was situated on thc way to Sankhapura from Vārāṇasī. 184
It is not identifiable.
disciple was also freque. Father Sejjambud its bcautiful
Campa-a city
Campā was the capital of Anga which was considered among the twenty five and a half Aryan countrics. Campā was included first among the ten ancient capitals of India 135
Campā is enumcratcd as a holy place along with the mountain Sammeya, where salvation could be attained. 136 It is mentioned as the place, of birth and salvation of the twelfth titthayana 137 Mahāvīra and his chief disciple Aija Suhamma are said to have visited Campă frequently ;128 Campā was also frequented by Gosāla280 and Jamalı,140 Managa was ordained here by his father Sejjambhava.141
A detailed description of Campā and its bcautiful shrine Punnabhadda is given in the Oudiya, where Mahāvīra, moving in the company of a large number of monks and nuns, arrived, and the king Kūniya with his paraphernalia went on his pilgrimage 142 It is mentioned that in Campā the first and the tenth sections of the fifth chapter of the Bhagvati were preached by the Teacher, 143 and Uvāsagadasão and Antagadadasão, the seventh and the cighth Angas of the Jain Canon, were explained by Aija Suhamma to his disciple Jambu "#4
Kuniya was a well-known king of Campā, who, after the death of his father, did not like to stay in Rīyagiha and shilted his capital to Campā."**
Campā was noted for commcice, and traders sailed from here to different places for trading purposes We comc across a beautiful description of sea-faring merchants in the Nāyādhammakahā 146 Several merchants such as Mākandi"47, Dhaņa 148 and Pālıtta140 are mentioned in Campā
Campā was visited by Buddha scveral times and it was celebrated for its beautiful lake, Gaggarā. Its actual sitc is probably two villages Campanagar and Campāpur ncar Bhagalpur
154 Uttara, Ti., 4, p. 92a. 186 See Supra. 196 Bih. Bħa, V. 1. 1227. 197 Ava Nir 307, 383.
Seceg Bhag. 8.1; Ava.ců , p. 455; Ava. Nir. 476 ; 623 ff. , Kalpa. 5-123. - 189 Bhag. 15 140 Ada.cu., p. 418. 141 Das. cũ,1, P. 7. 149 Sū. 1, 2. 10. 141 Bhag, 5. 144 Uvá, 1, Anta., 1.
See eg Näya., 1, p. 1; Dajā., 9, p. 319. 148 8, p 97 ff. 147 Ibid., 9, p. 121 ff.
140 Uttara. Sa., 21. 2. 143 Ibrd, 15, p. 158.
160 G. E. B., p. 6.
