As a deity name
Name 336 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अशोक · aśok · s.m.
= اسوك asok and asog, q.v. The tree Jonesia aśoka — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 58
अशोक · masculine
Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire); a male given name, Ashok, from Sanskrit
अशोक · masculine
ashoka
Śabdasāgara also records: शोकरहित । दु:खशुन्य
Cited formation "अशोक" is अ- + शोक: शोक means "mourning, grief, lament", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अशोक" is अ- + शोक: शोक means "mourning, grief, lament", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अशोक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. a-śoka mf(ā)n. (√ 1. śuc), not causing sorrow N.; Lalit.
not feeling sorrow, Nalod.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(√ 1. śuc), not causing sorrow N.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "aśoka" is the vocative of "aśokā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. a-śoka mf(ā)n. (√ 1. śuc), not causing sorrow N.; Lalit.
not feeling sorrow, Nalod.
a-śoka m. the tree Jonesia Asoka Roxb. (a tree of moderate size belonging to the leguminous class with magnificent red flowers), MBh. &c.
N. of a minister of king Daśaratha, R. i, 7, 3
of a well-known king (in Pāṭaliputra), MBh.; Buddh. &c.
a-śokā f. N. of a medicinal plant, L.
a female name, (g. śubhrādi, q.v.)
Alternative readings
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