"Ashoka" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /əˈʃoʊkə/ [General-American], /əˈʃəʊkə/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, “without grief”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|sa|शुच्}}, {{der|en|sa|अशोक||without grief}} Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, “without grief”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): History of India, Individuals Synonyms: Asoka Translations (emperor): أَشُوكَا (ʔašūkā) [masculine] (Arabic), Աշոկա (Ašoka) (Armenian), 𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓 (asoka) (Ashokan Prakrit), অশোক (oxük) (Assamese), অশোক (ośōk) (Bengali), अशोक (aśōk) (Bihari), অশোক (aśōk) (Bishnupriya Manipuri), အသောကမင်း (a.sau:ka.mang:) (Burmese), အသောက (a.sau:ka.) (Burmese), 阿育王 (Āyùwáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 阿輸柯 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿输柯 (Āshūkē) (Chinese Mandarin), 阿輸迦 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿输迦 (Āshūjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), Ašóka [masculine] (Czech), Ashoka [common-gender] (Danish), Asoka [masculine] (Dutch), Ašoka (Estonian), Ašoka (Finnish), Asoka (Finnish), Ashoka [masculine] (French), აშოკა (ašoḳa) (Georgian), Ashoka [masculine] (German), Ασόκα (Asóka) [masculine] (Greek), અશોક (aśok) (Gujarati), אשוקה (ašoka) [masculine] (Hebrew), अशोक (aśok) [masculine] (Hindi), Ashoka (Icelandic), Asoka (Indonesian), Ashoka [masculine] (Irish), アショーカ (Ashōka) (Japanese), 阿育王 (Aiku-ō) (alt: あいくおう) (Japanese), ಅಶೋಕ (aśōka) (Kannada), اَشوک (aśōk) (Kashmiri), អសោក (a’saok) (Khmer), 아소카 (Asoka) (Korean), 아육왕 (Ayugwang) (Korean), Ашока (Ašoka) (Macedonian), अशोक (aśōk) (Maithili), അശോകചക്രവർത്തി (aśōkacakravaṟtti) (Malayalam), अशोक (aśok) (Marathi), अशोक (aśok) (Nepali), अशोक (aśoka) (Newar), ଅଶୋକ (ôśokô) (Odia), آشوکا (âšôkâ) (Persian), Aśoka [masculine] (Polish), Asoka [masculine] (Portuguese), Ashoka [masculine] (Portuguese), ਅਸ਼ੋਕ (aśok) (Punjabi), Ашо́ка (Ašóka) [masculine] (Russian), अशोक (aśoka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), Ашока (Ašoka) (Serbo-Croatian), اشوڪا (aśōka) (Sindhi), අශෝක (aśōka) (Sinhalese), Aśoka [masculine] (Spanish), Ashoka (Tagalog), அசோகர் (acōkar) (Tamil), అశోకుడు (aśōkuḍu) (Telugu), อโศก (à-sòok) (Thai), མྱ་ངན་མེད (mya ngan med) (Tibetan), Asoka (Turkish), Ашо́ка (Ašóka) [masculine] (Ukrainian), اشوک (aśok) [masculine] (Urdu), ئاسوكا (asoka) (Uyghur), A-dục (Vietnamese), A-dục vương (Vietnamese), Asoka (Welsh), اشوک (aśōk) (Western Panjabi), Ayuzvuengz (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-Ashoka-en-name-kRnFIRnB Disambiguation of History of India: 60 40 Disambiguation of Individuals: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'emperor': 87 13
  2. (Hinduism) The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism, Mahabharata Translations (charioteer): Ašoka (Finnish), अशोक (aśok) [masculine] (Marathi)
    Sense id: en-Ashoka-en-name-XDlcag6y Disambiguation of Mahabharata: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'charioteer': 17 83

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