Ashoka

See also: ashoka

English

Alternative forms

• Asoka

Etymology

From Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, “without grief”).

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

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 (ôśokô)
• 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.