Aśoka (2321)

Aśoka
Entry 2321, Page 80, Col. 2

(aSoka, aSoka)
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.

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