- The
Ashokavadana (Sanskrit: अशोकावदान; IAST: Aśokāvadāna; "Narrative of Ashoka") is an
Indian Sanskrit-language text that
describes the
birth and reign...
- For example, both
Ashokavadana and
Mahavamsa mention that Ashoka's
empress Tishyarak****a had the
Bodhi Tree destro****. In
Ashokavadana, the
empress manages...
- and the main
texts that
provide information about his life (such as
Ashokavadana and Mahavamsa) do not name his mother. The
Asokavadanamala names her...
- that
provide information about Bindusara include Divyavadana (including
Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana), Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa,
Vamsatthappakasini (also...
- of the
Maurya Empire. The
torture palace's
legend is
detailed in the
Ashokavadana,
which describes Emperor Ashoka's life
through legendary and historical...
- with the Shunga–Gr**** War and
ruled for 36 years. The
Buddhist text
Ashokavadana names Pushyamitra as the last
Mauryan emperor. Sampadin's son was Bṛhaspati...
- and last wife of the
third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka.
According to the
Ashokavadana, she was
responsible for
blinding Ashoka's son and heir
presumptive Kunala...
- king's temple" as a
rendering of "raja-pasada-cetikasa." On the
basis of
Ashokavadana, it is
presumed that the
stupa may have been
vandalised at one point...
-
sangha by the
great Indian emperor Ashoka. This is
illustrated in the
Ashokavadana in the
following verses: "A
great donor, the lord of men, the eminent...
-
chronicles by his son Kalashoka. On the
basis of the
evidence of the
Ashokavadana,
Hermann Jacobi,
Wilhelm Geiger and
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar concluded...
