Campā (feminine) name of a town (Bhagulpore) and a river D I 111; Sv I 279; Ja IV 454.
【陰】 瞻波城（印度的一個城鎮的名字，現在的 Bhagalpore）。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Campā</c> </b> <br>A city in India on the river of the same name; it was the capital of Aṅga and was celebrated for its beautiful lake, the Gaggarā-pokkharaṇī. On its banks was a grove of campaka-trees, well known for the fragrance of their marvellous white flowers, and there, in the Buddha’s time, wandering teachers were wont to lodge. The Buddha himself stayed thereon several occasions.<c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.312</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.195</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.59</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.168</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.v.151</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.3121</c> Sāriputta <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.59</c> and Vaṅgīsa <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.195</c> are also said to have stayed there. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.147</c> mentions Campā as one of the six important cities of India, its foundation being ascribed to Mahāgovinda. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.235</c> In the Buddha’s time the people of Campā owed allegiance to Bimbisāra, as king of Māgadha, and Bimbisāra had given a royal fief in Campā to the brahmin Soṇadaṇḍa. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.i.111</c> <br>The ninth chapter of the Mahā Vagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.312ff.</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.ii.307</c> contains several important regulations laid down by the Buddha at Campā regarding the validity and otherwise of formal acts of the Saṅgha.<br>The Soṇadaṇḍa, the Dasuttara, the Kandaraka and the Kāraṇḍava Suttas were preached there.<br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/25.25, 87">25.25, 87</iref> (Precision: 1, Type: town)<br> </deftext>
(fem, fem) name of a town in Aṅga name of a town in India, present Bhagalpur