ashoka

plural ashokas · alternative asoka

1. A tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar.
2. A tree of species Saraca indica, native to Southeast Asia and eastern Myanmar.

alternative Aśoka

1. historicalAn ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.

   The defeat inflicted by Ashoka must have brought about depression and retarded the growth for some centuries.

   1964, Nabin Kumar Sahu, Utkal University History Of Orissa, volume 1, The Utkal University, page 7

   Synonyms: Asoka

2. HinduismThe charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.