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

(historical) An ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
(Hinduism) The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.

Translations

emperor

Arabic: أَشُوكَا‎ m (ʾašūkā)
Armenian: Աշոկա (Ašoka)
Assamese: অশোক (oxük)
Bengali: অশোক (bn) (ôśok)
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)
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 (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)
Oriya: ଅଶୋକ (ôśokô)
Persian: آشوکا‎ (âšōkâ)
Polish: Aśoka m
Portuguese: Asoka m, Ashoka m
Punjabi: ਅਸ਼ੋਕ (pa) (aśok)
Prakrit:
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓 (asoka)
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
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.