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asoka

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See also: Asoka and Aśoka

English

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Noun

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asoka (plural asokas)

  1. Alternative form of ashoka

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka).

Adjective

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asoka

  1. free from sorrow[1]

Declension

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Noun

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asoka m[1]

  1. Ashoka tree[1]

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Proper noun

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asoka m

  1. Indian male name (commonly rendered Ashoka)[1]

Declension

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As the name of the tree above.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 61.