Ashoka

See also: 𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓, अशोक, اشوک, Aśoka, Ashok, Asoka, Asok, and ashoka

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Alternative forms

Aśoka

Etymology

From Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”). Doublet of Ashok and Asoka.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈʃoʊkə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈʃəʊkə/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Ashoka

(historical) An ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
Synonym: Asoka
- 1964, Nabin Kumar Sahu, Utkal University History Of Orissa‎^[1], volume 1, The Utkal University, page 7:
  The defeat inflicted by Ashoka must have brought about depression and retarded the growth for some centuries.
(Hinduism) The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.

Derived terms

Translations

emperor

Arabic: أَشُوكَا m (ʔašūkā)
Armenian: Աշոկա (Ašoka)
Assamese: অশোক (oxük)
Bengali: অশোক (bn) (ośōk)
Bihari: अशोक (aśōk)
Burmese: အသောကမင်း (a.sau:ka.mang:), အသောက (a.sau:ka.)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿育王 (zh) (Āyùwáng), 阿輸柯 / 阿输柯 (Āshūkē), 阿輸迦 / 阿输迦 (Āshūjiā)
Czech: Ašóka m
Danish: Ashoka c
Dutch: Asoka m
Estonian: Ašoka
Finnish: Ašoka, Asoka
French: Ashoka m
Georgian: აშოკა (ašoḳa)
German: Ashoka m
Greek: Ασόκα (el) m (Asóka)
Ancient Greek: Πιοδᾱ́σσης m (Piodā́ssēs)
Gujarati: અશોક (aśok)
Hebrew: אשוקה m (ašoka)
Hindi: अशोक (hi) m (aśok)
Hungarian: Asóka
Icelandic: Ashoka
Indonesian: Asoka
Irish: Ashoka m
Japanese: アショーカ (Ashōka), 阿育王 (あいくおう, Aiku-ō)
Kannada: ಅಶೋಕ (kn) (aśōka)
Kashmiri: اَشوک (aśōk)
Khmer: អសោក (km) (a’saok)
Korean: 아소카 (Asoka), 아육왕 (Ayugwang)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Lü: ᦀᦷᦉᧅᧈ (˙ʼṡok¹)
Macedonian: Ашока (Ašoka)
Maithili: अशोक (aśōk)
Malayalam: അശോകചക്രവർത്തി (aśōkacakravaṟtti)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Manipuri:
Bishnupriya Manipuri: অশোক (aśōk)
Marathi: अशोक (aśok)
Nepali: अशोक (ne) (aśok)
Newar: अशोक (aśoka)
Odia: ଅଶୋକ (aśoka)
Persian: آشوکا (âšôkâ)
Polish: Aśoka m
Portuguese: Asoka m, Ashoka m
Prakrit:
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓 (asoka)
Punjabi: ਅਸ਼ੋਕ (pa) (aśok)
Western Punjabi: اشوک (aśōk)
Russian: Ашо́ка m (Ašóka)
Sanskrit: अशोक (sa) m (aśoka)
Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian: Ашока (Ašoka)
Sindhi: اشوڪا (aśōka)
Sinhalese: අශෝක (si) (aśōka)
Spanish: Aśoka m
Tagalog: Ashoka
Tamil: அசோகர் (acōkar)
Telugu: అశోకుడు (te) (aśōkuḍu)
Thai: อโศก (th) (à-sòok)
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: མྱ་ངན་མེད (mya ngan med)
Turkish: Asoka
Ukrainian: Ашо́ка m (Ašóka)
Urdu: اشوک m (aśok)
Uyghur: ئاسوكا (asoka)
Vietnamese: A-dục, A-dục vương
Welsh: Asoka
Zhuang: Ayuzvuengz

charioteer

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: Ašoka
Marathi: अशोक m (aśok)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

References

Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p. 59.