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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 113, col. 3.
    a-śokā f. N. of a medicinal plant, L.
    ☞ p. 113, col. 3.
    a female name, (g. śubhrādi, q.v.)
    ☞ p. 113, col. 3.
    N. of one of the female deities of the Jainas, L.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 485, col. 2.
    aśokā strī nāsti śokoduḥkhaṃ sevanādasyām . 1 kaṭukāyām
    (kaṭakī) śubhrā0 ḍhak āśokeyastadbhave tri0 . 2 caitraśukla
    ṣaṣṭhyāñca “sute jāte tathā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ṣaṣṭhī dvādaśarūpiṇī .
    vaiśākhe cāndanītyupakrasya caitre'śokā prakīrttitā”
    ska0 pu0 paribhāṣoktā .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 138.
    aśokā , strī, (na vidyate śoko duḥkhaṃ yasyām .)
    kaṭukī . ityamaraḥ . arhatāṃ śāsanadevatābhedaḥ .
    iti hemacandraḥ ..

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 80, col. 2.
    Aśokā (= Pali Asokā), n. of a leading female lay-

    disciple under Maṅgala Buddha: Mv i.248.19; 252.8.