aśoka

aśoka m. (-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Cheerful, not sorrowful. m. (-kaḥ) A tree, commonly Aśoka, (Jonesia Asoca.) n. (-kaṃ) Quicksilver. f. (-kā)

1 A medicinal plant, see kaṭukī.

2 One of the female domestic deities of the Jainas.

E. a neg. and śoka sorrow.

a-śoka (kaḥ) 1. m. A shrub (Jone-
sia). n. Quicksilver. a. Cheerful.

aśoka a-śoka. I. adj. Free from

sorrow, Nal. 12, 107. II. m. A shrub,

Jonesia Asoka, Ṛt. 6, 16. III. n. An

asoka-flower, Ṛt. 6, 6. — Comp. Nīla-,

m. an asoka with blue flowers, Rām.

3, 17, 10.

aśoka 1 . a-śoka, as, ā, am (rt. 2. śuc),

Ved. without heat.

aśoka 2 . a-śoka, as, ā, am (rt. 1. śuc), with-

out sorrow, not feeling or not causing sorrow; (as),

m., N. of the tree Jonesia Aśoka Roxb. (it is a tree

of moderate size, belonging to the leguminous class,

with magnificent red flowers); N. of a minister of

king Daśaratha; N. of a king in Pāṭaliputra; (ā), f.,

N. of a medicinal plant; one of the female domestic

deities of the Jainas; (am), n. the blossom of the

Aśoka plant; quicksilver. —Aśoka-taru, us, m. or

aśoka-naga, as, m. or aśoka-vṛkṣa, as, m. an

Aśoka tree. —Aśoka-trirātra, as, m., N. of a feast

which lasts during three nights. —Aśoka-datta or

aśoka-vega, as, m., N. of a man. —Aśoka-pūrṇimā,

f., N. of a certain holiday. —Aśoka-mañjarī, f., N.

of a metre. —Aśoka-rohiṇī, f., N. of a medicinal

plant. —Aśoka-vardhana, as, m., N. of a king.

—Aśoka-ṣaṣṭhī, f., N. of a certain holiday. —A-

śokāri (°ka-ari), is, m., N. of the plant Nauclea

Kadamba Roxb. —Aśokāṣṭamī (°ka-aṣ°), f. the

eighth day in the first half of the month Caitra.

aśoka a. Without sorrow, not feeling or causing sorrow.

— kaḥ

1 N. of a tree having red flowers (Jonesia Aśoka Roxb.); (said, according to the convention of poets, to put forth flowers when struck by ladies with the foot decked with jingling anklets; cf. asūta sadyaḥ kusumānyaśokaḥ… pādena nāpaikṣata suṃdarīṇāṃ saṃparkamāśiṃjitanūpureṇa Ku. 3. 26; Me. 78; R. 8. 62; M. 3. 12, 16; also pādāghātādaśokastilakakurabakau vīkṣaṇāliṃganābhyāṃ strīṇāṃ spaśāṃt priyaṃguviṃkasati bakulaḥ sīdhugaṃḍūṣasekāt . maṃdāro narmavākyāt paṭumṛṭuhasanāccaṃpako vaktravātāt cūto gītānnameruviṃkasati ca puro nartanātkarṇikāraḥ).

2 N. of Viṣṇu.

3 N. of a minister of king Daśaratha.

4 N. of a celebrated king of the Maurya dynasty, said to have reigned from 234-198 B. C.

5 N. of the tree bakula.

— kaṃ

1 N. of a medical plant (kaṭuka).

2 The sixth day in the first half of Chaitra.

3 One of the female domestic deities of the Jainas.

— kā

1 Quicksilver.

2 The blossom of the Aśoka plant (forming one of the five arrows of Cupid).

Comp.

— ariḥ the kadaṃba tree.

— aṣṭamī [nāsti śoko yasyāḥ karma°] the eighth day in the first half of Chaitra.

— taruḥ, nagaḥ, vṛkṣaḥ the Aśoka tree.

— tīrthaṃ a holy place named Aśoka near Benares.

— trirātraḥ, traṃ N. of a festival or vrata which lasts for three nights; astyaśokatrirātrākhyaṃ vrataṃ śokabhayāpahaṃ . trirātraṃ tacca kartavyaṃ vrataṃ śokavināśanaṃ ...

— pūrṇimā N. of a certain holiday, a ceremony to be observed on the 15th day of the month of (pb) Phālguna.

— maṃjarī N. of a metre.

— rohiṇī N. of a medical plant (kaṭukā).

— vanikā a grove of Aśoka trees; °nyāya see under nyāya.

— ṣaṣṭhī N. of a certain holiday; caitre māsyasite pakṣe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ prapūjayet . sukhāya putralābhāya śuklapakṣe tathaiva ca ...

áśoka a. heatless, painless; m. the Aśoka tree.

aśoka á-śoka, a. free from sorrow; m.
Aśoka tree; n. Aśoka flower (orange and
scarlet); -kara, m. N. of a fairy: ī, f. N.;
-taru, f. N.; -vṛkṣa, m.
Asoka tree.

1. a-śoka mf(ā)n. (√ 1. śuc), not causing sorrow N.; Lalit.

not feeling sorrow, Nalod.

a-śoka m. the tree Jonesia Asoka Roxb. (a tree of moderate size belonging to the leguminous class with magnificent red flowers), MBh. &c.

N. of a minister of king Daśaratha, R. i, 7, 3

of a well-known king (in Pāṭaliputra), MBh.; Buddh. &c.

a-śoka n. the blossom of the Aśoka plant, Vikr., (cf. Pāṇ. iv, 3, 166; Siddh.)

quicksilver, L.

2. á-śoka mfn. (√ 3. śuc), without heat, ŚBr. xiv.

aśoka

mfn. (-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Cheerful, not sorrowful.

m. (-kaḥ) A tree com-
monly Asoka (Jonesia Asoca.)

n. (-kaṃ) Quicksilver.

f. (-kā)

1. A
medicinal plant, see kaṭukī.

2. One of the female domestic deities
of the jainas.

E. a neg. and śoka sorrow.

aśoka a. Without sorrow, not feeling or causing sorrow. -kaḥ N. of a tree having red flowers (Jonesia Asoka Roxb.); [said, according to the convention of poets, to put forth flowers when struck by ladies with the foot decked with jingling anklets and painted with lack-dye. Kālidāsa mentions the flowering of this tree in Spring (cf. Rs.6.5,16). The painted foot bears a striking resemblance in colour to the flowers of Asoka (cf. R.8.63). cf. asūta sadyaḥ kusumānyaśokaḥ... pādena nāpaikṣata sundarīṇāṃ saṃparkamāśiñjitanūpureṇa Ku.3.26; Me.80; R.8.62; M.3.12.17; also pādāghātādaśokastilakakurabakau vīkṣaṇāliṅganābhyām | strīṇā sparśāt priyaṅgurvikasati bakulaḥ sīdhugaṇḍūṣasekāt | mandāro narmavākyāt paṭu- mṛduhasanāccampako vaktravātāt cūto gītānnamerurvikasati ca puro nartanāt- karṇikāraḥ ||] -2 N. of Viṣṇu. -3 N. of a minister of king Dasaratha. (v. l. for akopa. Rām.1.7.3). -4 N. of a celebrated king of the Maurya dynasty, said to have reigned from 234-198 B. C. -5 N. of the bakula. tree aśoko vañjule māne drumaniḥśokayormataḥ | vartate kaṭurohiṇyām... Nm. -6 Joy, happiness; aśokajaiḥ prītimayaiḥ kapimāliṅgaya saṃbhramāt | siṣeca bharataḥ śrīmānvipulairaśrubindubhiḥ || Rām.6.125.42. -kā 1 N. of a medical plant (kaṭuka; Mar. kuṭakī). -2 The sixth day in the first half of Chaitra. -3 One of the female domestic deities of the Jainas. -kam 1 Quicksilver. -2 The blossom of the Asoka plant (forming one of the five arrows of Cupid). -Comp. -ariḥ the kadamba tree (Mar. kaḻaṃba). -aṣṭamī [nāsti śoko yasyāḥ karma˚ sa.] the eighth day in the first half of Chaitra. -taruḥ, -nagaḥ, -vṛkṣaḥ the Asoka tree. -tīrtham a holy place named Aśoka near Benares. -trirātraḥ, -tram N. of a festival or vrata which lasts for three nights; B. P. (uttaraparva) astyaśokatrirātrākhyaṃ vrataṃ śokabhayāpaham | trirātraṃ tacca kartavyaṃ vrataṃ śokavināśanam ||. -pūrṇimā N. of a certain holiday, a ceremony to be observed on the 15th day of the month of Phālguna. -mañjarī N. of a metre. -rohiṇī N. of a medical plant (kaṭukā). -vanikā a grove of Aśoka trees; praviveśa mahābāhuraśokavanikāṃ tadā Rām.7.42.1. ˚nyāya see under nyāya. -ṣaṣṭhī N. of a certain holiday; caitre māsya- site pakṣe ṣaṣṭhayāṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ prapūjayet | sukhāya putralābhāya śuklapakṣe tathaiva ca ||.

aśoka aśoka a. (a priv.) sans douleur, sans chagrin; gai, joyeux, content.

Qui écarte la douleur.

— S. m. jonesia aśoka, bot.

— N. vif-argent.

— Np. m. d'un célèbre roi buddhiste.

aśokarohiṇī f. la plante nommée aussi kaḷuka.

aśokāri m. (ari) nauclea cadamba, bot.

a-śoka- a. sans flammes; ne causant pas de peine; m. n. d'un arbre à fleurs rouges (Jonesia Asoka); n. d'un empereur de l'Inde; d'un ministre de Daśaratha; nt. floraison de l'aśoka.

°kara- m. n. d'un Vidyādhara; -ī- f. n. d'une femme.

°tīrtha- nt. n. d'un Tīrtha.

°datta- m. °mālā- f. °vardhana- °vega- m. n. de personnages.

°vanikā- f. bois ou bosquet d'aśoka.

°varti- m. n. d'un gâteau.

áśoka (3. a + śoka)

1) adj. f. ā .

a) ohne Gluth ŚAT. BR. 14, 8, 12, 1 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 5, 10.

— b) ohne Kummer, keinen Kummer empfindend, - bereitend H. an. 3, 1. MED. k. 39. satyanāmā bhavāśoka (s. 2, a) aśokaḥ śokanāśanaḥ N. 12, 79. NALOD. 3, 33. aśokā AŚOKĀV. in BURN. Intr. 360.

— 2) m.

a) Jonesia Asoka Roxb., ein Baum von mässiger Grösse, zum System der Leguminosen gehörig, mit orangefarbigen später in's Rothe übergehenden in der Nacht duftenden Blüthen (März — April), dessen Blumenpracht Alles übertreffen soll, was sonst das Pflanzenreich aufweist. As. Res. 4, 266. 353. ROXB. Fl. ind. 2, 218. AK. 2, 4, 2, 45. TRIK. 2, 4, 18. H. 1135. an. 3, 1 (macht daraus zwei Bäume: kaṅkelli und vañjula). MED. k. 39. N. 12, 79. SUŚR. 1, 138, 8. °taru N. 12, 75. °naga 79. °vṛkṣa 80. ŚĀK. 101, 10. °vanikā R. 1, 1, 71. 3, 62, 32. 6, 7, 9. 112, 53. aśokān - nīlāśokāṃśca 3, 17, 10. raktāśoka MEGH. 76. Die Berührung des Stammes mit dem Fusse eines schönen Frauenzimmers erzeugt Blüthen RAGH. 8, 61. KUMĀRAS. 3, 26. RATN. 12, 4. Schol. zu NALOD. 3, 33.

— b) N. pr. ein Minister des Königs Daśaratha R. 1, 7, 3. ein König MBH. 1, 2650. 12, 114. ein König in Pāṭaliputra, der im Buddhismus eine grosse Rolle spielt. Einige Nachrichten setzen ihn 100, andere 200 Jahre nach Buddha's Tode. Dieses beruht auf der Verwechselung zweier Könige desselben Namens. BURN. Intr. 133. 149. 370. 432. 435. fg. Ursprung seines Namens 360. Aśoka, von dem die berühmten Inschriften herstammen, regierte 263 - 226 v. Chr. LIA. II, 274. 213. fgg. WEBER, Lit. 254. fg. aśokāvadāna BURN. Intr. 358. aśokavarṇa 462, N. 2. Vgl. kālāśoka .

— 2) f. °kā

a) N. einer Arzeneipflanze (aśokarohiṇī, kaṭurohiṇī) H. an. 3, 1. MED. k. 39.

— b) N. pr. gaṇa śubhrādi zu P. 4, 1, 123. eine Göttin, die dem 10ten Arhant der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī zur Ausrichtung seiner Befehle beigegeben ist, H. 45.

— c) n.

a) die Aśoka-Blüthe SIDDH. K. zu P.4,3,166. VIKR.26.

— b) Quecksilber H. an. 3, 1. MED. k. 39.

aśoka

2)

a) n. die Blüthe des Aśoka ṚT. 6, 6.

áśoka

— 1) Adj. (f. ā)

— a) ohne Gluth.

— b) keinen Kummer bereitend LALIT. 178,11. Dazu Nom.abstr. °tva n. Ind. St. 9,154.

— c) keinen Kummer empfindend.

— 2) m.

— a) Jonesia_Asoka Roxb.

— b) N.pr. verschiedener Männer.

— 3) *f. ā

— a) Helleborus niger L.

— b) ein Frauenname undN.pr. einer Göttin bei den Jaina.

— 4) n.

— a) Aśoka-Blüthe.

— b) *Quecksilber.

áśoka (glut-o. kummerlos) m. der Aśokabaum.

aśoka 1. c) Nom. abstr. °tā f. Kṣem. 2, 17.

aśoka (BAH. ex a priv. et śoka m. moeror) 1) Adj. moe-

roris expers. 2) m. nomen arboris. N. 12. 101.

aśoka;
kaṅkeliraśokaḥ syādāmraścūtaśca sahakāraḥ .. 192 ..
2.1.1.192

aśoka pu0 nāsti śoko yasmāt 5 ba0 . 1 svanāmakhyāte
vṛkṣe, 2 bakulavṛkṣe ca . 3 pārade na0 . 4 kaṭukavṛkṣe strī .
6 ta0 . 5 śokaśūnye tri0 6 viṣṇau pu0 “satyanāmā bhavā
śokaḥ” “aśokaḥ śokanāśanaḥ” iti ca viṣṇusa0 .
“aśokamarthānvitanāmatāśayā gatān śaraṇyaṃ gṛhaśoci-
no'dhvagān . amanyatāvantamivaiṣa pallavaiḥ pratīṣṭakāmajvala-
dastrajālakam” naiṣa0 “sanūpuraraveṇa strīcaraṇenābhi-
tāḍanam . dohadaṃ tadaśokasya tataḥ puṣpodgamobhavet”
etadanusāreṇaiva kavibhistayā varṇṇyate yathā “asūta
sadyaḥ kusumānyaśokaḥskandhāt prabhṛtyeva sapallavāni . pādena
nāpaikṣata sundarīṇāṃ saṃsparśamāśiñjitanūpuraṇena” kumā0
navakisalayarāgeṇārdrapādena bālā skuritanakharucā dvau
hantumarhatyanena . akusumitamaśokaṃ dohadāpekṣayā vā
praṇamitaśirasaṃ vā kāntamārdrāparādham” “anena tanumadhyayā
mukharanūpurārāviṇā navāmburuhakomalena caraṇena sambhā-
vitaḥ . aśoka! yadi sadya eva mukulairna sampatsyase
mudhā vahasi dohadamiti” “sarvvāśokalatānāṃ prathamaṃ
sūcitavasantavibhavānām . nirvṛtte dohade'smin saṃkrā-
ntānīva mukulāni” iti ca mālavi0 . ayamaśokaḥ
navapatrikāntargataḥ “kadalī dāḍimī dhānyaṃ haridrā
mānakaṃ kacuḥ . vilvo'śoko jayantī ca vijñeyā nava
patrikāḥ” du0 ta0 . etadadhiṣṭhātrī śokarahitā “aśo-
kasthāyai śokarahitāyai” iti durgāpūjāpaddhatiḥ . aśo-
kaśca dvividhaḥ raktāśokaḥ pītāśokaśca pītaraktapuṣpabhedena
tayoḥ tathātvam . tatra raktāśokābhiprāyeṇa “aśokani
bhartsitapadmarāgam” kumā0 . “raktāśokalatāviśeṣitaguṇo-
vimbādharālaktakaḥ” mālavi0 pītāśokavarṇṇana tu māla-
vikāgni mitre tṛtīyāṅke tapanīyāśokavarṇane dṛśyam .
“aśīkohemapuṣpaśca vañjulastāmrapallavaḥ . kaṅkeliḥ piṇḍa-
puṣpaśca gandhapuṣpo naṭastathā . aśokaḥ śītalaḥsnigdho grāhī
varṇyaḥ kaṣāyakaḥ . doṣāpacītṛṣādāhakṛmiśoṣaviṣāsra-
jit” bhā0 pra0 paryyāyaguṇādi . cāntaḥ śokābhāve trikā0 .

Aśoka¹, a king: I, 67 (§ 130), 2650 (Aṃśāvat.) (an

incarnation of the Asura Aśva); XII, 4, 114 (Rājadh.)

(present at the self-choice of king Citrāṅgada's daughter in

Śrīmadrājapura, where Duryodhana carries off the bride).

Aśoka² = Viṣṇu (1000 names).

Aśoka — a kulaparvata of the Ketumāla.

Vā. 44. 4.

Aśoka(vardhana) — son of Bindusāra (Vārisāra-Bhā.).¹

The Maurya king who ruled for 36 years; 26 years (Vā. P.).

Father of Suyaśas.² [Footnote] 1) Bhā. XII. 1. 13-14; Vi. IV. 24. 30. [Footnote] 2) Br. III. 74, 145; Vā.

99. 332; Vi. IV. 24. 30.

Aśoka , n. pr.: (1) name of a former Buddha, Mv

iii.238.6, 7; (2) name of a nephew and disciple of the

Buddha Kāśyapa, Av i.237.14 ff.; (3) name of a king

who lived in the time of the Buddha Krakucchanda, Divy

418.26 f.; (4) name of a yakṣa, Māy 68; (5) name of an

uncle of King Mahāpraṇāda, and previous incarnation

of Bhaddālin, q.v., Divy 59.20; 60.10; (6) name of the

historic emperor, Mvy 3653; Mmk 606.14; Karmav 154.14;

was given the epithet Dharmāśoka, q.v.; his family

name was Maurya, q.v.; he lived 100 years after Buddha's

death acc. to Av ii.200.7; in Divy 364.17 ff. is told first

his previous life as Jaya, in which he gave some dust

(this is the pāṃśu-pradāna) to the Buddha, made a

praṇidhāna, and hence became later the emperor Aśoka,

368.26 ff.; his birth and life as emperor, 370.10 ff.

aśoka

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde = S. indica auct. non Linn. (see

WIRM 9, p. 232). The name aśoka is also applied to Polyalthia longifolia

(Benth. et Hook. f. or Thw.; I do not know which name is valid).

AŚOKA I . The charioteer of Bhīmasena. When Bhīma-

sena was fighting a battle with Śrutāyu the King of

Kaliṅga, this charioteer brought the chariot to him.

(M.B., Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 54, Stanzas 70 and 71).

AŚOKA II . A minister of King Daśaratha. Daśaratha

had eight ministers. They were Jayanta, Dhṛṣṭi, Vijaya,

Asiddhārtha, Arthasādhaka, Aśoka, Mantrapāla and

Sumantra. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Sarga 7).

AŚOKA III . A King of the family of the famous Asura

Aśva. This king had been ruling over Kaliṅga. (Ādi

Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 14).