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Vitashoka or
Tissa (born 3rd-century BCE) was a
prince of the
Maurya Empire as the only full-brother of Ashoka, and the only
brother left
alive by Ashoka...
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Sushim for
which he is
banished by Bindusara.
Dharma and her
newborn son
Vitashoka (Vit)
accompany him to
Ujjain and
Ashoka vows to come back
stronger and...
- was born. Later, she gave
birth to a
second son. She
named the
child Vitashoka,
because her
sorrow had
ceased (vigate-shoke) when he was born. Ashokavadana...
- Tissa,
Sinhalese regent of the
Kingdom of
Tambapanni (454 BC–437 BC)
Vitashoka, the
brother of Ashoka,
called Tissa in the
Southern Buddhist tradition...
- or
Dhamma according to the Sri
Lankan tradition)
Issue Susima, Ashoka,
Vitashoka Dynasty Maurya Father Chandragupta Maurya Mother Durdhara (according to...
- The
Theragatha commentary calls this
brother Vitashoka.
According to this legend, one day,
Vitashoka saw a grey hair on his head, and
realised that...
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According to Ashokavadana, as a
result of this order, his own brother,
Vitashoka, was
mistaken for a
heretic and
killed by a cowherd.
Their ministers advised...
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towards the
expansion of Buddhism:
Ashoka first converts his
brother Vitashoka to Buddhism, and
teaches his
minister Yashas to
honor the
Buddhist monks...
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According to Ashokavadana, as a
result of this order, his own brother,
Vitashoka, was
mistaken for a
heretic and
killed by a cowherd.
Their ministers advised...
