阿育王

Chinese

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Definitions
  • Ashoka Indian emperor revered by Chinese Buddhists for his patronage of the religion

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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