English
Etymology
From Sanskrit अशोक ( aśoka , “ without grief ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Ashoka
( historical ) ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE ( Hinduism ) charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata .
Translations
emperor
Arabic: أَشُوكَا m ( ʔašūkā )
Armenian: Աշոկա ( Ašoka )
Assamese: অশোক ( aśōk )
Bengali: অশোক ( ośōk )
Bihari: अशोक ( aśōk )
Bishnupriya Manipuri: অশোক ( aśōk )
Burmese: အသောကမင်း ( a.sau:ka.mang: ) , အသောက ( a.sau:ka. )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿育王 (zh) ( Āyùwáng ) , 阿輸柯 ／ 阿输柯 阿输柯 ( Āshūkē ) , 阿輸迦 ／ 阿输迦 阿输迦 ( Āshūjiā )
Czech: Ašóka m
Danish: Ashoka c
Dutch: Asoka m
Estonian: Ašoka
Finnish: Ašoka Asoka
French: Ashoka m
Georgian: აშოკა ( ašoḳa )
Greek: Ασόκα m ( Asóka )
Gujarati: અશોક ( aśok )
Hebrew: אשוקה m ( ašoka )
Hindi: अशोक (hi) m ( aśok )
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 ( ašok )
Khmer: អសោក (km) ( a’saok )
Korean: 아소카 ( Asoka ) , 아육왕 ( Ayugwang )
Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
Maithili: अशोक ( aśōk )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Malayalam: അശോകചക്രവർത്തി ( aśōkacakravaṟtti )
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Marathi: अशोक ( aśok )
Nepali: अशोक
Newar: अशोक ( aśoka )
Oriya: ଅଶୋକ ( aśōk )
Persian: آشوکا ( âšōkâ )
Polish: Aśoka m
Portuguese: Asoka m Ashoka m
Punjabi: ਅਸ਼ੋਕ (pa) ( aśok )
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 ( aśōka )
Spanish: Aśoka m
Tagalog: Ashoka
Tamil: அசோகர் ( acōkar )
Telugu: అశోకుడు (te) ( aśōkuḍu )
Thai: อโศก (th) ( à-sòok )
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
Western Panjabi: اشوک ( aśōk )
Zhuang: Ayuzvuengz
References
Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p. 59 . 