Ashoka

See also: ashoka

English

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/

Proper noun

Ashoka

1. (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

2. (Hinduism) The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.

Derived terms

• Ashoka Chakra
• Ashokan
• pillar of Ashoka

 

Translations

emperor

• Arabic: أَشُوكَا m (ʔašūkā)
• Armenian: Աշոկա (Ašoka)
• Assamese: অশোক (oxük)
• Bengali: অশোক (bn) (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 (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)
• 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 (aśōk)
• Khmer: អសោក (km) (a’saok)
• Korean: 아소카 (Asoka), 아육왕 (Ayugwang)
• Macedonian: Ашока (Ašoka)
• Maithili: अशोक (aśōk)
• Malayalam: അശോകചക്രവർത്തി (aśōkacakravaṟtti)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• 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

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

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