अशोक [ aśoka ] [ a-śoka ]1 m. f. n. (√ 1. [ śuc ] ) , not causing sorrow N. ; Lit. Lalit.

not feeling sorrow Lit. Nalôd.

[ aśoka ] m. the tree Jonesia Asoka Roxb. (a tree of moderate size belonging to the leguminous class with magnificent red flowers) Lit. MBh.

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

of a well-known king (in Pāṭaliputra) Lit. MBh. Lit. Buddh.

[ aśokā ] f. N. of a medicinal plant Lit. L.

[ aśoka ] m. a female name , (g. [ śubhrādi ] q.v.)

N. of one of the female deities of the Jainas Lit. L.

n. the blossom of the Aśoka plant Lit. Vikr. , ( cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 4-3 , 166 Lit. Siddh.)

quicksilver Lit. L.