Ashoka

English

/əˈʃoʊkə/, /əˈʃəʊkə/

proper noun
Definitions
  • (historical) An ancient Indian emperor of the who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 .
  • (Hinduism) The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit अशोक (without grief, the plant taxlink, unsorrowful, sorrowless, Saraca asoca, not sad, without sadness).

Origin

Sanskrit

अशोक

Gloss

without grief, the plant taxlink, unsorrowful, sorrowless, Saraca asoca, not sad, without sadness

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